health

WHO concerned about surge in Covid-19 hospitalization

Published on: September 27, 2023
17:35

United Nations, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned of an increased ICUs hospitalization toll due to Covid-19 in August, especially in European and Latin American nations.

WHO urges to ban smoking, vaping in schools worldwide

Published on: September 27, 2023
16:59

Geneva, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) Young people continue to be “relentlessly” targeted with tobacco and nicotine products, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, in a call to ban smoking and vaping “whether sitting in class, playing games outside or waiting at the school bus stop”.

US scientists find new Parkinson’s Disease trigger

Published on: September 25, 2023
18:00

Washington, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from the US and Canada analyzed neurons from patients with Parkinson's, discovering a previously unknown culprit for symptoms of the disease that may begin before any of the others.

World leaders set new targets to end TB by 2027 – WHO

Published on: September 22, 2023
17:19

United Nations, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) have approved a Political Declaration with ambitious new targets for the next five years to advance the global efforts towards ending the TB epidemic.

Fighting off cancer without political distinction, says U.S. expert

Published on: September 19, 2023
16:48

Havana, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Fighting cancer has no distinctions, regardless of whether it is in Cuba or in the United States, because it is about humanity, according to Robert Winn, Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center.

Mysterious disease kills nine children in Côte d’Ivoire

Published on: September 19, 2023
13:25

Abidjan, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The small village of Niangban (center) is the focus of national attention in Côte d'Ivoire, where seven of its inhabitants died of a disease of unknown origin.

Yemeni FM thanks Cuba for support in health field

Published on: September 16, 2023
11:28

Aden, Yemen, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak thanked Cuba for its strong support to his nation in health field during the last decades, the official news agency Saba reported Saturday.

DPRK reaches new achievements in medical sciences

Published on: September 16, 2023
10:58

Pyongyang, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Antibody Engineering Research Center of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have developed a new drug to prevent and treat cancer, KCNA reported Saturday.

Health Canada warns of quitting using unauthorized products

Published on: September 16, 2023
10:45

Ottawa, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Health Canada has issued a public advisory about multiple unauthorized health products, warning the public about potential health risks linked to these items.

India´s Kerala state rushes to contain fresh Nipah virus outbreak

Published on: September 16, 2023
09:52

New Delhi, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread.

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