The presence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes sampled in Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia is about 1%. This is what appears from the latest data expressed by the laboratory of health psychology and vector-borne pathogens of the Istituto Zooprophylattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (Izsve). Although the distribution of the virus in mosquitoes is moderate – … Read more
The annoying injections will be replaced by a powdered drug that can be taken nasally. With a resolution proposed by the Health Councilor, Manuela Lanzarin, the Veneto Regional Council has given the green light to a significant simplification of glucagon therapy to combat severe hypoglycemia in some categories of people suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes. INSIGHTS … Read more
Four people ended up in the emergency room yesterday in Belluno after eating fresh tuna in two different restaurants. As reported by the local press, people in the hospital have been suffering from scombroid syndromea food poisoning caused mainly by the consumption of seafood products containing high levels of histamine, but were discharged after a … Read more
“Otb and Renzo Rosso they funded the restoration of the Rialto Bridge bringing it back to its magnificence so that the world can enjoy it ”. The inscription is located on a plaque at the top of the Rialto Bridge, the oldest of the four that cross the Grand Canal, in Venice. The words are … Read more
VENICE This week the infections circulated in Veneto at the rate of half a thousand a day. The last 576 were recorded yesterday, however, when the Region spread the good news: hospitalizations are fewer than they seemed. All the fault of a computer bug, Palazzo Balbi said, according to which for at least a month … Read more
A 50-year-old man suffered a severe case of anaphylactic shock fifteen minutes after the first dose of vaccine Pfizer. A rather rare event that fortunately ended without particular consequences thanks to the timely intervention of a 78-year-old retired doctor. The episode took place last June 2 in the vaccination center of Bussolengo and is reported … Read more
They are discussing the guidelines for the reopening of gyms and fitness centers, contained in a document proposed by the Ministry of Sport and validated by the Technical Scientific Committee. This is a new protocol that the new government could decide to apply starting from next March 6, once the decree signed by the former … Read more
A motion has been submitted to the Veneto regional council regarding the new food safety plan conceived by the European Commission which places meats, salami and wines as potentially dangerous products for health. The petition was advanced by the regional councilor Tommaso Razzolini of the council group Fratelli d’Italia – Giorgia Meloni, together with colleagues … Read more
– Professor Gianni Mastella, scientific director and co-founder of the Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation, father and pioneer of Italian research in the fight against the most widespread of serious genetic diseases, died in Verona. A luminary for the development and scientific knowledge of cystic fibrosis and a clinical reference point for patients, relatives, colleagues and … Read more
It remains the Veneto the region most affected by the coronavirus. The latest figures of the emergency are dramatic, those are pitted by the latest regional bulletin: 175 deaths in 24 hours and 3,151 infections. In short, a doubling of infections in one day, even if the previous data were marred by the drop in … Read more