Bird flu For the first time, bird flu has reached the Antarctic mainland, “despite the distance and natural barriers.” Bird flu or the H5N1 virus was found on the Antarctic mainland on Friday in two dead skuas, carnivorous seabirds also known as predatory gulls. “For the first time, we could determine that the highly pathogenic … Read more
Two cases of malaria were confirmed in Suceava county, since the beginning of this year, in volunteers who returned from a humanitarian mission in Africa. Another volunteer from the team received confirmation of the disease in Iași and the case was managed by the Iaşi health authorities. A third case of suspected malaria, in a … Read more
“I started to feel discomfort, like muscle pain, but, days later, I saw lumps on both sides of my face. When I went to the doctor they told me it was parotitis.” These are the symptoms that the 143 cases that presented the disease this year may have felt, and although the cases decreased compared … Read more
Infectious diseases There are noticeably more cases of whooping cough in Flanders this year. In December, an infant even died from the disease, for the first time since 2015. The number of reports is increasing, especially in the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Antwerp, the Healthcare Department warned on Wednesday. Whooping cough can be dangerous … Read more
The Minister of Health, Alexanfru Rafila, stated, on Sunday afternoon, that the number of flu cases decreased by 15 percent in the last week, stating that he hopes that by the end of February, some values will be reached that are manageable without problems. Alexandru Rafila declared, on Sunday, on Digi24, that the number of … Read more
Concern in United Kingdom given the increase in measles cases and the probability of new outbreaks of the disease. According to the latest data handled by the UK Health Security Agency (Ukhsa) in 2023 there were 1,603 suspected cases of measles, more than double than in 2022 (735) and four times more than in 2021 … Read more
The Ministry of Health and Sports is developing a communication campaign through social networks and the media to promote vaccination, especially in the vulnerable population, after an increase in Covid-19 cases. “We have a communication campaign that we are establishing to promote vaccination. It is asking the population, although the vaccines are free and available, … Read more
The Ministry of Health and Sports is developing a communication campaign through social networks and the media to promote vaccination, especially in the vulnerable population, after an increase in Covid-19 cases. “We have a communication campaign that we are establishing to promote vaccination. It is asking the population, although the vaccines are free and available, … Read more
The increase of cases of dengue in the country is the reason why some doctors are recommending that the population at risk apply the vaccine to prevent it, which is not part of the free annual calendar, but many social and prepaid works are covering its cost. The infectologist Hugo Pizzi explained that the elevated … Read more
Like every Christmas, respiratory virus infections increase exponentially and, as a result, so do hospital admissions. However, the increase in infections is not proportional to that in income and this is motivated, according to doctors, by vaccination. “This Wednesday marks three years since the first vaccine against covid that was given in Extremadura and we … Read more