Conservatives speak up for HIV/AIDS patients
Posted,12/1/2011 12:00:00 PM
Conservative MEPs today spoke out forcefully against stigmatisation of HIV and AIDS patients and called for improved measures across Europe to combat the disease.
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Conservative MEP opposes EU threat to hospital MRI scanning
Posted,11/30/2011 3:00:00 PM
An MEP fears that the future of MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) scanners as a surgical tool may be cast into doubt by an EU directive to limit workers’ exposure to electromagnetic fields.
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MEP warns against taking antibiotics to fight coughs and colds
Posted,11/18/2011 5:00:00 PM
A study published by the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) has revealed that up to half the cases of infections caused by a single superbug are now resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics.
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Children must be vaccinated to beat killer disease
Posted,11/9/2011 12:00:00 PM
The recent epidemic of measles in the EU was one of the items for discussion at an EU scientific conference on infectious diseases in Stockholm. Marina Yannakoudakis MEP, a member of the parliament's environment and public health committee, addressed the closing session of the conference and made special reference to how vaccine-preventable diseases, especially measles, were on the rise across the EU.She said: “Measles is back in a big way. In 2010 alone, more than 30,000 cases of measles were reported in the EU. Measles is highly infectious and, contrary to popular belief, far from harmless. For every 5,000 individuals with measles, one is very likely to die and as many as a quarter of measles patients need hospitalisation.”
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EU maternity leave plans are over-reaching, expensive and unnecessary
Posted,10/26/2011 10:00:00 AM
Strasbourg, 25 October 2011 – Controversial EU proposals for 20 weeks of paid maternity leave were condemned in a speech today by Conservative MEP for London Marina Yannakoudakis. Mrs Yannakoudakis accused the European Parliament of not listening to Member States on the contentious Maternity Leave Directive. Member States had registered reservations about the European Parliament’s proposals.
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