ECDC
ECDC is an EU agency aimed at strengthening Europe's defences against infectious diseases. The core functions cover a wide spectrum of activities: surveillance, epidemic intelligence, response, scientific advice, microbiology, preparedness, public health training, international relations, health communication, and the scientific journal Eurosurveillance.
Community spread drives ongoing measles transmission in Europe
Preliminary data for 2025 show a significant drop in the number of reported measles cases across European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries...
Winter Olympics and Paralympics 2026: How to protect your own and your family’s health...
The Winter Olympics will kick off on 6 February 2026 and run until 22 February, while the Paralympics will take place between 6 and...
Joint ECDC and Africa CDC training to strengthen surveillance and epidemic intelligence in Sierra...
ECDC, Africa CDC and the WHO Regional Office for Africa are conducting training in R programming and epidemic intelligence for surveillance experts from the...
A legacy of collaboration: The EU Initiative on Health Security online resource
As the EU initiative on Health Security reaches its conclusion, an online resource remains available for partners and stakeholders.
Quelle: European Centre for Disease Prevention...
Three new European Union reference laboratories are now operational
Three new European Union reference laboratories are now in place to improve Europe’s response to health threats linked to food- and waterborne diseases. They...
Early estimates of seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza requiring medical attention at primary...
The 2025/26 influenza season has begun earlier than the previous two seasons, driven by the recently-emerged influenza virus A(H3N2) subclade K.
Quelle: European Centre for...
MERS-CoV worldwide overview
Since the beginning of 2025, and as of 10 December 2025, 14 MERS cases (including three fatalities) have been reported with date of onset...
Key highlights from 2025
2025 marks the final year of the EU Initiative on Health Security, during which ECDC and partner countries continued to strengthen regional cooperation and...
EU Health Task Force Partner Forum and Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network regional...
Between 2 and 4 December, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) hosted the EU Health Task Force (EUHTF) Partner Forum Meeting...
Two cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in travellers returning to France from...
On 3 December 2025, the French Ministry of Health reported two imported human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases with travel history to the...