In June 2016, RIVM published the results of a study on breast implants in the Netherlands.

A new EU Horizon2020 project Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) will explore the complex interplay between the health of the marine environment and that of humans.

RIVM, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) and the Netherlands Centre for One Health (NCOH) are involved in a recently granted One Health European Joint Programme which will start in January 20

This report provides a broad overview of the health complaints experienced by women with silicone breast implants in the Netherlands.

The efficiency and transparency of clinical drug trials in the Netherlands must improve. That concludes Sander van den Bogert in his PhD thesis ‘Trials & Tribulations.

In the first half of this year more STIs were found in people who have been tested at Dutch STI clinics. The increase pertains to all STIs, with the exception of HIV.

Friday 18 November is European Antibiotic Awareness Day. On this day, throughout Europe attention focuses on the threat of antibiotic resistance to people and animals.

EU legislative instruments are sufficient to ensure the safety of such products.

The report provides an overview of effectiveness and safety of vaccines and vaccine research.

RIVM has started to take samples of rubber granulate from 100 synthetic turf fields in the Netherlands.