health

Uruguay: classroom attendance is very low

Published on: July 4, 2023
00:30

Montevideo, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) The classrooms of kindergarten and elementary school are empty due to the early winter vacations and respiratory diseases, but in school times there is notorious non-attendance in Uruguayan schools.

Indian PM Oks national sickle cell anemia program from Shahdol

Published on: July 2, 2023
09:35

New Delhi, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a national program to eliminate sickle cell anemia by 2047, according to local press.

Types of cancer surge for Hispanics given lack access to healthcare

Published on: July 2, 2023
08:20

Washington, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) The lack of access to health care is nowadays one of major factors in increased cancer types among the Latino population in the United States.

Tenth Uruguayan police officer commits suicide so far this year

Published on: July 1, 2023
00:15

Montevideo, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Ten Uruguayan police officers have committed suicide so far this year, a problem that persists despite complaints from police unions.

Light alcohol consumption does not guard against diabetes, obesity

Published on: June 29, 2023
15:39

Washington, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) A study found that people who have just one or two drinks per day are not protected from endocrine conditions including obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to the Endocrine Society´s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Access to water, sanitation, hygiene may save millions of lives – WHO

Published on: June 28, 2023
17:20

Geneva, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Improving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) could prevent at least 1.4 million deaths per year and 74 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, especially in the African and Southeast Asia regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday.

ANVISA approves Qdenga as new vaccine to fight off dengue in Brazil

Published on: June 27, 2023
17:26

Brasilia, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The new vaccine against dengue called Qdenga has already arrived in Brazil to be applied through private health network. It´s not yet available in the Unified Health System (SUS).

Research highlights role of high cholesterol in Covid-19 infectivity

Published on: June 27, 2023
17:11

Washington, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) Cholesterol is necessary for survival, but too much cholesterol may be increasing your risk for Covid-19 at the cellular and biochemical levels. Cholesterol on the cell surface makes ACE2 readily accessible to SARS-CoV2 for cell entry, a specialized source published.

PAHO kicks off debates on policies to improve health in the Americas

Published on: June 27, 2023
17:00

Washington, 27 (Prensa Latina) Strengthening health workforce for resilient health systems, a policy for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in children, teens, and youth, strategic public health communication for behavior change will among core issues to debate on by the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)'s 60th Directing Council forthcoming September.

Health specialists urge to take new MRSA prevention strategies

Published on: June 27, 2023
16:50

Washington, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) A group of five medical organizations have released updated recommendations for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, transmission and infection.

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