Covid-19 in Peru cases of pneumonia and influenza ministry of health

Covid-19 in Peru cases of pneumonia and influenza ministry of health

Despite global efforts to overcome the pandemic, Covid-19the virus remains a threat in Peru. So far in 2024, the country has recorded 22,779 cumulative cases of SARS-CoV-2, highlighting the persistence of the virus in the daily lives of Peruvians. This increase in cases coincides with a spike in severe respiratory infections, such as pneumonia. According … Read more

Monkeypox cases on the rise in Canada

Monkeypox cases on the rise in Canada

Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared monkeypox (MPOX) an international public health emergency, the number of cases continues to rise in Canada. The latest outbreak is a direct result of federal and provincial governments neglecting the threat posed by the smallpox virus, regardless of the virus clade. Colorized transmission electron micrograph of MPOX … Read more

What is the relationship between mobile phones and brain cancer risk?

What is the relationship between mobile phones and brain cancer risk?

RCN News September 08, 2024 06:53 p. m. A study commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that there is no scientific evidence to show that mobile phone use increases the risk of developing brain cancer. The research was led by scientist Ken Karipidis, deputy director of health impact assessment at the Australian Radiation … Read more

Pandemic again? New virus species, including Covid variants, detected in China

Pandemic again? New virus species, including Covid variants, detected in China

The theory that the pandemic could exist by eating meat of bat It is not ruled out for Chinasince it recently detected that several animals can be disease hotbeds emerging infectious diseases. A study that publishes ‘Nature’headed by the Fudan Universityindicated that he performed metagenomic sequencing of tissues in 461 fur animals on farms and … Read more

UN begins vaccination of 640,000 children in Gaza

UN begins vaccination of 640,000 children in Gaza

Cairo/GazaThe United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began vaccinating 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after Israel and Hamas agreed to brief pauses in their 11-month war to allow the campaign to develop. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed last month that a baby had been partially paralyzed by the type … Read more

Mpox: EU rules out border controls and common vaccination plan

Mpox: EU rules out border controls and common vaccination plan

This article was originally published in English European health authorities have ruled out any new EU-wide measures against the new variant of the mpox virus, as the risk it poses to the general population is still considered “low”. ADVERTISEMENT There is no need to impose border controls to avoid the risk of MPOX, or to … Read more

Monkeypox: Virologist José Antonio López on MPOX: “There is no point in saying ‘we are all going to die’ or returning to the nightmare of the Dynamic Duo” | Society

Monkeypox: Virologist José Antonio López on MPOX: “There is no point in saying ‘we are all going to die’ or returning to the nightmare of the Dynamic Duo” | Society

There is still much to learn about the outbreak of monkeypox (renamed mpox) that is spreading across Africa and has caused the WHO to declare a health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert. A new variant raises several unknowns about its transmission and danger that will have to be resolved over time. … Read more

WHO declares international health emergency due to mpox

WHO declares international health emergency due to mpox

Madrid. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern, its highest alert level, due to the outbreak of mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — in Africa, which originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is caused by a new, more serious and lethal strain. The … Read more

After the health system was placed in a “state of maximum vigilance”, what are the consequences in France?

After the health system was placed in a “state of maximum vigilance”, what are the consequences in France?

No cases of mpox (or monkey pox) have (yet) been detected on the national territory. But this epidemic is taken very seriously with the announcement by Gabriel Attal, Friday August 16, of the “state of maximum vigilance” on the French health system. For the first time, cases have appeared outside the African continent (in Sweden … Read more