Richard Peabody, an epidemiologist at the World Health Organization, urged countries around the world to prepare for an outbreak of avian influenza. In a statement to El Pais newspaper, the scientist warns of the threat of the bird flu pandemic, because the virus that causes it has become able to transmit from one person to … Read more
Following the death of an infected girl in Cambodia, her father also tested positive. But an investigation reveals that the virus, highly contagious in birds, was not transmitted between humans. The health authorities of Cambodia have ruled out the hypothesis of a transmission of the Avian Flu between human beings, for the case of a … Read more
The girl, from the province of Prey Veng (southeast), fell ill on February 16, with symptoms of fever, cough and dry throat, the government health monitoring agency (CDCD) said on Wednesday. . She then died at a children’s hospital in the capital Phnom Penh, according to the official source, which does not specify the day. … Read more
Saturday, February 25, 2023, 01:01 95% of Europeans would have caught coronavirus at least once during this pandemic. This is estimated by The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent entity dedicated to the analysis of global health linked to the University of Washington. In his latest report, he indicates that the high … Read more
During the monkeypox epidemic, or mpox, which spread like wildfire in 2022 in around 100 countries, 38 to 50% of people infected with the virus and carrying HIV developed a form severe necrotizing mpox. With higher mortality in these patients, this finding warranted further study of the interaction of advanced HIV and mpox. A particularly … Read more
After the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Africa, and said in a report on Monday that the virus had caused the death of 9 people in Equatorial Guinea, The Egyptian Ministry of Health warned of this disease. She stated that the symptoms of infection with this deadly virus, known … Read more
Written by Mervat Rashad Sunday, February 19, 2023 08:00 AM The World Health Organization has warned of the spread of a similar virus with Ebola It is called Marburg, which appeared in Equatorial Guinea now, where 9 cases died and 16 cases were infected, while there are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat … Read more
Related “The ‘hot spots’ are produced by the herpes simplex virus, which can cause lesions in the oral and genital mucosa or more serious and unusual manifestations such as meningoencephalitis, hepatitis…”, explains Dr. Paula Sánchez Conde, from the Department of Internal Medicine. of the Povisa de Vigo Hospital. It is therefore necessary to distinguish between … Read more
The vaccination point without an appointment to receive both the Covid and the flu vaccine, which opened in the Specialties Center on January 23, both in the morning and in the afternoon, will remain operational until the end of this month, and depending on of the demand and the evolution of immunization it will be … Read more
The candidate vaccine againstrespiratory syncytial virus (VRS)for people over 60 years of age that are being developed by different international groups for the pharmaceutical company GSK, and in which researchers from the Santiago Clinic participate, is called to be “a turning point for other vaccines and in the treatment of this disease in adults”. As … Read more