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UK authorities covered up contaminated blood cases

Published on: May 20, 2024
14:51

London, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The United Kingdom authorities covered up a scandal associated with blood transfusions from 1970 to 1991, which caused the infection of more than 30,000 people with HIV and hepatitis, a study revealed today.

The Americas make progress in the fight against HIV and syphilis

Published on: May 7, 2024
16:16

Kingston, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Belize, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were certified here on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eradicating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Heat, waste and contaminated water, a lethal cocktail in Gaza

Published on: April 28, 2024
09:57

Ramallah, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Sewage leaks, heat and the accumulation of waste in the Gaza Strip threaten to unleash the outbreak of epidemics and diseases on a large scale, medical sources warned.

New terminology established for airborne pathogens

Published on: April 19, 2024
00:15

Geneva, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Several international health agencies established an updated terminology for pathogens that cause respiratory infections such as Covid-19, influenza, measles, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), among others, it was reported recently.

Risk of disease outbreaks warned

Published on: March 19, 2024
10:38

London, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) Global immunization declined during the Covid-19 pandemic, increasing the burden of disease and the risk of outbreaks, according to information published in The Lancet Global Health journal.

Innovative health technology introduced in El Salvador

Published on: March 14, 2024
12:54

San Salvador, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) A novel technology, the Gamma Knife Icon, for the treatment of tumors and intracranial lesions was introduced in the health system of El Salvador, an official source informed today.

Cuba and US debate on global health and biomedical research

Published on: February 23, 2024
13:18

Havana, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) Scientists from Cuba and the United States met in this capital to debate on the preparation for pandemic situations and breakthroughs in health and biomedical technologies, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

Panama leads fight against smoking, expert assures

Published on: February 7, 2024
00:45

Panama, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Panama is a regional leader in tobacco control, the representative of the Ministry of Health, Reina Roa, said at the COP10, which is on its second day of sessions on Tuesday. During the 10th Conference of the Parties hosted by Panama to evaluate the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on these issues, the coordinator of the National Tobacco Control Commission highlighted the effectiveness of this tool with Law 13, approved in 2008.

Pollution and lack of water in Gaza causes disease outbreaks

Published on: January 26, 2024
08:47

Ramallah, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) Sixty-six percent of the population of the Gaza Strip suffers from water-borne diseases, such as cholera and viral gastroenteritis, the Palestinian Authority for Environmental Quality revealed.

El Salvador has not confirmed new variant of Covid-19

Published on: January 22, 2024
14:28

San Salvador, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Health of El Salvador, Francisco Alabí, said the JN.1 variant of Covid-19 has not been confirmed, although samples are being researched.

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