Ever more often, bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites stop responding to the medicines designed to treat them, such as antibiotics. This antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat, with an estimated 8.22 million deaths globally in 2050. Armed conflicts are escalating the situation: conflicts...

In the 2019-2024 European Parliament legislative term, the EU faced the biggest health crisis of a generation: Covid-19 and its consequences.   The pandemic put health in the spotlight of European decision-making and it also featured prominently in the work of the European Parliament’s panel for the...