The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)Jarbas Barbosa, warned this Wednesday that the avian flu that plagues all South America it may affect the supply of chicken meat, the main source of animal protein in the region, which would impact the diet of thousands of people. “The pandemic of the covid-19 increased food […]
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Fall in childhood vaccination exposes the world to more epidemic outbreaks
the fall of the child vaccination in a hundred countries, due to the emergency situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19now exposes the world to epidemic outbreaks of easily preventable diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today, which has joined other entities to try to reverse this situation. Between 2019 and 2021, 67 million […]
Planes with Spaniards and Latin Americans evacuated from Sudan take off
The Air Force planes that have flown to Djibouti to evacuate some 80 people, including Spaniards, Europeans and South Americans, who are trapped in Sudanhave taken off this Sunday night from the Sudanese capital, as reported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares. “The Air Force planes with our […]
Confirmed death of woman by H3N8 bird flu in China; this says the WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed three cases of bird flu H3N8 in humans in the last year in China, among which the most recent was reported to this institution on March 27 and corresponded to a woman who died from this infection in the middle of the same month. The victim suffered from […]
WHO modifies recommendations on COVID vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has modified its recommendations on vaccines for COVID-19, suggesting that high-risk populations receive an additional dose 12 months after their last booster. The health agency defined older adults as high-risk populations, as well as younger people with other significant risk factors. For this group, the agency recommends an additional shot […]
WHO, advisers urge China to release all COVID data after new investigation
The advisors of the World Health Organization urged on Saturday China to make public all the information related to the origin of the pandemic COVID-19 after new findings were briefly shared in an international database used to track pathogens. Earlier this year, Chinese scientists briefly uploaded new SARS-CoV-2 virus sequences to the GISAID database, as […]
Twist in history? COVID-19 would have originated in animals and not in a laboratory
International scientists examining hitherto inaccessible genetic data from samples collected at a market in Chinanear where the first human cases of COVID-19reported that they found indications that the pandemic originated in animals, not in a laboratory. Other experts have not yet verified the analysis, which has also not appeared in peer-reviewed publications so far. It […]
COVID could become a seasonal flu-like threat this year
The World Health Organization (WHO) indicated this Friday that it hopes to lower its maximum alert level for COVID-19 this year, estimating that the epidemic could soon pose a threat similar to that of seasonal flu. “We have reached a point where we can look at COVID-19 in the same way we look at the […]
The exodus of health personnel from poor countries worsens, according to the WHO
Poorer countries are losing more and more health workers to wealthier ones as the latter try to offset their own workforce losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes through active recruitment, he said on Tuesday. the World Health Organization. The trend of nursing and other staff leaving parts of Africa or Southeast Asia for better opportunities […]
WHO believes that it will not be possible to reduce sodium consumption by 30% before 2025
A report published Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes that most countries are far from reducing up to 30% the sodium intake (present above all in table salt) among its inhabitants, the goal set by the organization for the year 2025. Excessive sodium intake raises the risk of heart disease, stroke, and premature […]