Chronic Diseases

The metal box in Hugo Campos’ chest keeps him alive. It also collects data. Who owns it and how they use it is posing questions for EU lawmakers.

Europeans are living longer but health inequalities between men and women, countries and population segments are in some cases getting worse.

Over one third of the European population above the age of 15 have a chronic disease.

With a growing older population and an overall increase in chronic diseases, Europe is facing a new kind of health problem.

The European Parliament special committee still wants to hear from EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, whose undisclosed text messages with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla during the crisis have raised transparency concerns.

If just one-in-five barriers were removed from EU internal border regions, it could gain around two percent in GDP.