Japan today received the final approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to dump into the Pacific water contaminated with radiation and purified from the Fukushima, a measure considered key to the dismantling of the plant but which comes surrounded by controversy and questions. Why is polluted water going to be dumped into the […]
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El Niño confirmed globally, with risk of food insecurity and infections
The phenomenon of The boywhich has been officially declared today by consensus of the scientific community, may accentuate food insecurity in certain affected regions, as well as increase the burden of infectious diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. “By altering weather conditions, El Niño will have a very strong impact on certain health […]
Chile, the regional example that faces its mental health crisis without complexes
A president who speaks openly about his tobsessive compulsive disorder (TOC), the largest prevention program for suicide of Latin America or the unprecedented protocol of a well-known mall: Chili takes the regional lead and faces its crisis of self without complexes and in a transversal mannermental avalanche. It is estimated that one in four Chileans […]
Carcinogenic or not? WHO decision on aspartame would have this impact on Coca-Cola
Coca Cola will only see a limited impact if the world health agency classifies the sweetener artificial substance used in its Diet Coke, aspartame, as a possible carcinogen, thanks to its scale of production, analysts said on Friday. The classification of the popular additive – scheduled for July – by the cancer research arm of […]
The new vaccines that are already being tested allow us to glimpse the definitive end of polio
The news vaccines against poliomyelitiswhich have already been successfully tested in animal models and are already being tested in humans to corroborate their safety and efficacy, allow us to glimpse the definitive eradication of a disease that in many cases can be asymptomatic, but also very disabling and potentially fatal. Researchers from the University of […]
The barriers that stop breastfeeding
The Breastfeedingwhich remains the most natural food for a baby, is conditioned by a series of barriers and factors that differ around the world, according to the latest reports from the Unicef. In its study “Why family policies are decisive to increase breastfeeding in the world”, released this month of August, Unicef, in favor of […]
The tragic figures of the crisis in Sudan after two months of conflict
This Thursday marks two months since the outbreak of the conflict among the regular army Sudan and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR), that they have only respected one of the more than ten truces agreed at this time in which different organizations warn of almost a thousand civilians killed by the clashes. These […]
Chile redoubles efforts against death of marine fauna due to bird flu
On the white sands of Isla Damas, in the north of Chiliwhere tourists used to enjoy observing its rich faunatoday you only see sanitary brigades dressed in suits of biosecurity in search of dead animals. Fear of bird flu forced the closure of the Humboldt Penguin National Reservein the Coquimbo region, where Damas Island is […]
WHO will create a global health passport inspired by the European model
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it will adopt the digital certificate system used by the European Union (EU) during COVID-19, to deal with future pandemics and similar health threats. The WHO It will be inspired by the EU’s digital COVID certificate to launch a global certification system after the signing of an […]
Is the treaty against pandemics very timid in addressing inequalities?
Negotiations for an international agreement against future pandemics are accelerating, but some participants fear that it will be too timid against the inequalities in access to medicines, which were exposed with the covid-19. That pandemic revealed the failures of the global health system, and the 194 member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) decided […]