• Covid-19: Harnessing the power of digital technologies and data sharing

    Articles, New Technologies

    Digital technologies and data-driven science offer solutions to control and mitigate the effects of Covid-19 on health and the economy. What is at stake for Europe?

  • Balancing the risks: Dr Nathalie MacDermott on lockdown easing and the UK perspective

    Articles, Health
    Dr Nathalie MacDermott is a clinical lecturer at King’s College London, sub-specialising in paediatric infectious diseases in the NHS. She also has significant experience in medical response to disaster and epidemic situations in Africa and Asia     Some countries in Europe, including the UK, have begun...
  • Prof Emmanuel André, the voice behind the fight against Covid-19 in Belgium

    Articles, Health
    Prof Emmanuel André, former spokesman of the federal crisis centre, has supported Belgian citizens since the beginning of the lockdown by informing them daily on the evolution of the pandemic. He is now responsible for organising the tracing to help eradicate the propagation of the pandemic and devotes...
  • ESMH Press Review – May 29, 2020

    Media review

    Data breach, NextGenerationEU & coronavirus: check out the ESMH selection of 21 science & tech news published in the last 2 weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media!

  • COVID-19: how our behaviour can help stop the coronavirus

    Articles, Health

    The spread of infectious diseases is linked with human behaviour, so behavioural science could be used to inform effective modelling and communication strategies to reduce transmission and contain COVID-19.

  • EU project : MOOD

    EU projects
    The MOOD project aims to develop innovative tools and services for the early detection, assessment, and monitoring of current and potential infectious diseases threats in Europe in a context of global change including climate change. The MOOD innovations will increase the operational abilities of epidemic...
  • EU project : ECOM

    EU projects
    The problem   Although scientific knowledge to respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases has increased, deficiencies remain in the ability of health authorities to communicate the need for large-scale measures such as vaccination and antiviral therapy and increase its acceptance. For effective behavioural...
  • European responses to the corona crisis - Part 10

    Other

    During the corona virus crises, the European Science-Media Hub is collecting and publishing a regular update of the most relevant releases provided by EU institutions and other European and global actors. 🆕 Last Update : 27 may