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Press releases and news
Sciensano is pleased to announce that An Van den Bossche, a researcher at the service Bacterial diseases of the Scientific Directorate Infectious diseases in humans at Sciensano, received the Best... Read more
Transmissions from latent Ebola virus infections are rare. However, new findings highlight the importance of close surveillance once countries are declared Ebola-free.
Belgians lose on average 73 days due to disability or premature mortality.
7th of June 2018, the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) launches the European drug report 2018. Therefore, our drug expert dr. Lies Gremeaux, won’t be... Read more
Scientists from Sciensano have joined the European Network of Vaccine Adjuvants (ENOVA), which brings together European experts and stakeholders working in different... Read more
New evidence published today in the Cochrane Library shows that human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines protect against cervical lesions in young women, particularly in... Read more