@vcstx.bsky.social
Medical Doctor, PhD, research science & technology / policy maker, health+food+AI, European Commission HaDEA. Opinions here are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
🕊️😢#WorldPeace #humanity #health
30.08.2025 07:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
😱 MANMADE FAMINE THAT SHOULD BE STOPPED:
More than half a million people in #Gaza are trapped in #famine, marked by widespread #starvation, destitution & preventable deaths👇🏼
#humanrights #peace #humanity #food #health #crisis
www.wfp.org/news/famine-...
A new financial and political boost for #lifesciences in #Europe 👏🏽🇪🇺💪🏽
#OneHealth #microbiome #research #innovation
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
#Ciudades #Regiones #Municipios: Este jueves abre la convocatoria de Capital Europea del Comercio de Proximidad 💪🏽🇪🇺🇪🇸 #Europa #economia
barcelona.europarl.europa.eu/es/news/euro...
#COVID virus variant NB.1.8.1 detected in #USA.
Cases could stem from travellers from sites including #Japan, #SouthKorea, #France, #Thailand, the #Netherlands, #Spain, #Vietnam, #China & #Taiwan.
#health #pandemics #pandemicoreparedness
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The European Commission invests over €7.3 billion through its newly adopted #HorizonEurope work programme for 2025 to strengthen Europe's #research and #innovation engine and global edge 👏🏽🇪🇺
Support for #researchers in #Ukraine and #Gaza is also included. 👇🏼
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
🇪🇺 #Citizens, politicians, public servants, entrepreneurs / business owners … we all get to decide how we want the #EuropeanUnion to be 🇪🇺
Long life #Europe! 💪🏽
#democracy #consensus #freespeech #democraticvalues #freedomofthought #civilsociety #industry #government #publicpolicy #policy #ruleoflaw
Europe is built by all #Europeans day by day, together: this infographic 👇🏼is a great reminder that here in the #EuropeanUnion we craft our laws and policies by consensus, gathering inputs from multiple stakeholders and considering the best public interest 🤝
07.05.2025 16:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How #EU laws are made 👇🏼
#Europe #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺#consensus #democracy #citizens #publicinterest #commongood #publicpolicy #civilsociety #industry #legislation #policy #society #democraticvalues
europa.eu/stories/how-...
Viernes 9 de mayo: Jornada Informativa de Actualización en Investigación y Atención Sanitaria en pacientes con COVID Persistente 👇🏼🇪🇸
#longCOVID #COVID #medicinainterna #medicinadefamilia #enfermedadesinfecciosas #salud
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#LONGCOVID biomarkers linked with respiratory problems: new European study published in Nature 👇🏼
#infectiousdiseases #health #healthresearch #respiratory #infections #covid #internalmedicine #publichealth #medicine #virus #viralinfections
news.ki.se/long-covid-b...
WHO poster stating early drinking is linked to lower academic achievement, lifelong risks, and poor mental health. Includes an image of a wine bottle and glass.
Almost 1 in 4 young people aged 15-19 drink alcohol. Those who have access to alcohol at home are more likely to drink earlier in life. Early drinking is linked to:
⚠️Poor mental health
⚠️Lower academic achievement
⚠️Lifelong risks
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3S60G7i
EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR RESEARCH:
📌Research infrastruc.
📌Health
📌Culture, creativity &inclusive society
📌Civil Security 4Society
📌Digital, Industry &Space
📌Climate, Energy &Mobility
📌Food, Bioeconomy, Agriculture &Environment
& more!
research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/fund...
VACCINES WORK & ARE GLOBALLY SAFE: An excellent text 👇🏼with proven facts, advocating for a rational approach in debates about #vaccines & our global need to invest much more on #vaccineresearch.
#health #healthresearch #publichealth #globalhealth #prevention
www.linkedin.com/posts/vaness...
WE MUST PREPARE TOGETHER FOR A SAFER AND HEALTHIER TOMORROW
Thoughts on our work on pandemic #preparedness in the #EuropeanUnion, including the upcoming European Partnership on Pandemic Preparedness co-financed by the EU & Member States
#infectiousdiseases
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WHY WE NEED TO INVEST MORE IN HEALTH RESEARCH NOW:
Continuing to invest in #health and #healthresearch is the basis for attaining economic prosperity & sociopolitical stability.
Reasons why I think investing in health #research and #innovation pays off 🧵
www.linkedin.com/posts/vaness...
#AI CAN BOOST HOW WE WORK IN PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS, SURVEILLANCE AND #PUBLICHEALTH : 👇🏼
To anticipate where outbreaks will start, using climatic & socio-economic data.
To predict impact on individuals by studying the immune system-pathogens links.
www.psi.ox.ac.uk/news-and-opi...
Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease that occurs primarily in #poultry and wild water birds 👇🏼 check out the latest data from Europe 🇪🇺
#avianinfluenza #birdflu #food
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HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND PREPARE YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL
💡By registering to the #HorizonEurope #Brokerage Event on the 2025 Health funding opportunities, on 5-6 May. 🇪🇺
💎pitch yr idea, search for partners & prepare yr proposal.
cluster-health-horizon-europe-brokerage-2025.b2match.io
“Now in its 6th year of circulation, SARS-CoV-2)—the virus that causes #COVID-19—continues to evolve and infect people, leading to serious disease, #LongCovid) & death” 👇🏼
Forgetting the evidence only makes us more vulnerable. Let’s not.
#health
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Hello! I share information & updates about #EuropeanUnion #programmes & #funding opportunities, as well as subjects linked to #health and #medicine, such as #food #nutrition #medicaltechnologies #AI #artificialintelligence #digital #environment.
Let's connect & cheers! 👋
