In this episode we catch up with ECDC's Director Andrea Ammon, who gives us the lowdown on the agency's new extended mandate and the EU regulation on serious cross-border threats to health.

Andrea Ammon explains how this will help to better protect European citizens from health threats through improved surveillance, smoother international cooperation, and strengthened preparedness and prevention.

You can read more about the impact of the new mandate here.

On this episode we are speaking with Cornelia Adlhoch again, and discussing the avian influenza outbreak, its spread to other animals, and whether we should worry about it spreading further. 

If you would like to read more about the latest report about the ongoing avian influenza outbreaks in birds, you can find it here.

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You can also hear Cornelia's previous episode on Avian flu here.

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In this episode we learn about virus mutations by speaking to Erik Alm, ECDC Principal Expert on Applied Molecular Biology.

Erik talks about the reasons why viruses mutate, whether new variants are generally more transmissible and cause more severe disease, and how worried we should be about new SARS-CoV-2 mutations.

Learn more about the current #COVID19 situation in EU/EEA - see the weekly report mentioned by Erik in our podcast here and visit the page dedicated to COVID-19 pandemic on our portal here.

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How much information can we get from raw health data? Why are statistics so important for our collective health?

If you would like to know more about the data ECDC uses, you can find it here.

This time we sit down with Barbara Albiger - ECDC expert specialising in scientific processes, who explains the steps of preparing scientific recommendations and advice.

In this episode we catch up with Liselotte Diaz-Högberg, one of ECDC’s experts on antimicrobial resistance.

Liselotte explains why it’s so important that we are prudent with the use of antibiotics so that they remain effective.

She also tells us more about the latest data on deaths, resistance levels and antibiotic consumption.

You can find all of the most recent datasets, information and the communication campaign on the European Antibiotic Awareness Day pages here.

Today we are speaking with Laura Espinosa again, but this time about vibrio in the Baltic sea. 

While vibrio may not be so common, indeed, you may be entirely unfamiliar with it, there has been an increased observance of it in the summer months. Laura explains what ECDC does to keep an eye on this particular and peculiar bacteria. 

You can find find the Vibrio Map Viewer here.

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It is time to talk about the seasonal flu.

And for that, we invited our ECDC influenza expert - Cornelia Adlhoch to talk about what we can expect from the upcoming flu season, whether we need to fear a dual #COVID19/influenza pandemic and how to best protect oneself.

Check our 2022 seasonal #FluAwareness campaign here: https://bit.ly/FluAwareness2022

Want to learn more about #influenza? Visit our dedicated pages here: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza

This week, we sat down with Catalin Bercaru and Niklas Bergstrand to talk about their recent missions to Poland and Romania as part of the World Health Organization's Ukraine Emergency Response. 

Communication is a key part of ECDC's response to ongoing health emergencies, and so Catalin and Niklas give us an insight into what is involved and how the theoretical can become practical. 

If you would like to know more about ECDC's work supporting countries neighbouring Ukraine, you can find that here.

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This week we sit down with ECDC expert in community preparedness, Svetla Tsolova, to talk about how local communities can help in infectious disease prevention and control.