World Health Organization (WHO) inaugurated today its annual assembly, which commemorates 75 years of existence and important progress in public health, and during which it will seek that the States guarantee more stable financing to carry out its work and that they support a new international treaty so that the world better cope with future […]
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WHO ends more than 3 years of health emergency by COVID-19
World Health Organization (WHO) raised today, Friday May 5, the international emergency due to the pandemic of COVID-19which had been declared since January 30, 2020, given the notable reduction in serious cases and deaths globally. The decision was announced by the director general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after the organization’s emergency committee met […]
They associate air pollution with less efficacy of anticovid vaccines
People exposed to high levels of atmospheric pollution by PM2.5 particles, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and black carbon (soot) before the pandemic had a 5-10% reduction in antibody response after donning the anti-covid vaccines. This is confirmed by a study conducted by the Spanish Institute for Global Health in Barcelona (ISGlobal), which is published this Wednesday […]
The pandemic 3 years later: did COVID-19 win?
On the third anniversary of the pandemic of COVID-19, the coronavirus continues to spread and the death toll is approaching 7 million worldwide. Nonetheless, most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines. It seems the virus is here to stay, along with the threat of […]
From condoms to cosmetics, sales in China grow after lockdowns end
The world’s leading consumer and luxury goods companies have seen growth in China sales of everything from cosmetics to condoms since Beijing ended strict restrictions on the COVID-19another sign that the world’s second largest economy is reactivating after the pandemic. Upbeat comments on Wednesday from Reckitt Benckiser, Beiersdorf (maker of Nivea), Moncler and Puma followed […]
China scoffs at FBI claims Wuhan lab leak likely caused pandemic
He fbi assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central city China of wuhan probably caused the pandemic covidsaid director Christopher Wray, a claim that China said “I had no credibility.” “The FBI has long considered that the origin of the pandemic is probably due to a possible incident in a laboratory in […]
Infections that are spreading since the COVID-19 pandemic
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The isolation caused by the pandemic not only stopped infections by COVID-19also reduced other infectionssince the schoolchildren stayed at home, the offices closed their doors and the use of a mask became an everyday thing. However, now that the restrictions are in the past and with societies open again, infections have been on the rise, […]
COVID-19 taught Latin America the need for universal healthcare, estimates PAHO
The director of the Pan American Health Office (PAHO)the brazilian Jarbas Barbosabelieves that Latin American countries have realized the need to have a universal and quality healthcare system after the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus and ensures that those who build them “they will recover better” in the long run. In an interview with EFE in Madrid, […]
3 things the world is doing to prepare for the next pandemic
Since the outbreak pandemic three years ago, about a virus that appeared, few could have imagined the devastation that was about to be unleashed. In order to ensure that the world is better prepared for the next health emergency invisible, an association of nations, foundations, and civil society organizations has launched the financial intermediary fund […]
The coronavirus has the capacity to cause accelerated aging
the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 responsible for the covid-19 It has shown that it has the capacity to cause people to age rapidly, as verified by Spanish scientists involved in an investigation that began at the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020. The scientists verified the involvement of cellular aging in the effects of covid-19 and […]