European Screening Week

The European Union has launched EU Screening Week in Brussels, an initiative focused on investment screening and scrutiny of foreign investments and security-sensitive assets entering the bloc. Details beyond the launch remain limited, with the event drawing attention from policy watchers following debates in Brussels over economic security and tougher controls on foreign acquisitions.

Italian health coverage is converging on blood sugar and cardiovascular risk. New research shows stress can send glucose test results sharply higher, while commentators stress that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are not enough without proper nutrition education. It comes as the European Commission launches its first EU Screening Week from Milan and issues new recommendations to member states, with cardiovascular diseases causing 1.7 million deaths a year in Europe.