Innovation required in risk assessment of nanoparticles The currently existing models and techniques provide insufficient certainties in the assessment of the harmfulness of nanoparticles and nanomaterials to people and the environment.
Start of a national study on resistance to the Aspergillus fungus The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has been commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), in cooperation with Radboud University Medi
Contaminated food accounts for 14 percent of norovirus disease burden An international study has indicated that some 14% of all norovirus infections can be attributed to contaminated food.
Nanotechnology in the fight against cancer Nanotechnology offers improved options for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Tracking down sources of disease outbreaks like Sherlock Holmes. 'I want to know the story behind an epidemic'. Interview with Jaap van Dissel, Director of RIVM Centre for Infectious Disease Control.
Cervical cancer screening in the Netherlands January 19 - 25 European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.
State of infectious diseases in The Netherlands RIVM report 'State of Infectious Diseases 2012' provides insight into the development of infectious diseases in The Netherlands.
Drinking water protection files are steadily progressing Local and provincial authorities, drinking water supply companies and water resource managers authority are making progress with the assessment of the current and future risks for the quality of ex
New bacterium in ticks Last year, a man was treated at the Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre (AMC) after being bitten by a tick and becoming infected with a strain of the Borrelia bacterium not previously encountered in
Regional differences in testing rates underestimate incidence of LGV epidemic Until 2003, Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), an aggressive form of chlamydia, was considered to be a rare tropical disease, endemic to Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.