First West Nile virus patient in the Netherlands A male patient has been diagnosed with the West Nile virus last week. The man has not been abroad recently. He may have contracted the virus in the region of Utrecht due to a mosquito bite.
WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Workshop on new and emerging risks to human health from chemicals RIVM is hosting an international workshop on new and emerging risks from chemicals on 20 and 21 February 2019.
Kick off European Project VITAL: Vaccines and InfecTious diseases in the Ageing popuLation Recently, the EU-sponsored Vaccines and InfecTious diseases in the Ageing popuLation (VITAL) project was launched.