The World Health Organization (WHO) reported an outbreak of yellow fever in Venezuela, with seven cases that were confirmed by laboratory tests at the end of September and among which six corresponded to people who were not vaccinated against this endemic disease in this and other countries in South America. Faced with this health risk, […]
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China refuses to “politicize” investigation on origin of COVID-19 after creation of new committee in WHO
Updated on 10/14/2021 10:24 am China affirmed that it opposes “any kind of political manipulation” on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday the composition of a new committee to continue investigating how COVID emerged. 19. This new committee, called the Scientific Advisory Group on the Origin […]
WHO appoints a committee of 26 experts to investigate the origin of COVID-19
Updated 10/13/2021 09:33 am The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the composition of its new Scientific Advisory Group on the Origin of New Pathogens (SAGO), in which the Cuban epidemiologist María Guzmán, along with 25 other experts, will have the mission of continuing to investigate how COVID-19 emerged, among other diseases. Along with Guzmán, from […]
Guinea: WHO announces Marburg fever outbreak in West Africa
In the West African state of Guinea, the authorities have announced an outbreak of life-threatening Marburg fever. As the World Health Organization announced on Monday evening, this is the first case ever in West Africa. Less than two months after the end of an Ebola outbreak in the state, the highly contagious fever was discovered […]
Health: pleasure and poison at the same time
It is hard to believe that both cases are supposed to be the same substance: there is this tasty red that refines the evening with friends and makes it end in high spirits after bold conversations – and at the same time the veins stay elastic and the heart fresh. And then there is a […]