health

PAHO debates strategies to improve health in the Americas region

Published on: June 27, 2023
10:14

Washington, 27 (Prensa Latina) Strengthening health personnel, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in child, adolescent and youth populations will be topics to be discussed by the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Cambodia concerned about increased HIV infections

Published on: June 26, 2023
15:56

Phnom Penh, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The increased HIV/AIDS infection toll in Cambodia is nowadays a deep concern for local authorities.

Covid-19 infected men may face long-term poor semen quality

Published on: June 26, 2023
15:25

Copenhagen, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Men have less concentration and less motility of sperm up to more than three months after having suffered a mild infection by Covid-19, according to the results of a Spanish multicenter study presented at the 39th Congress of the European Society for Reproduction and Embryology in Copenhagen, Denmark.

WHO guideline to improve high quality snake antivenoms

Published on: June 26, 2023
15:16

Geneva, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently promoting a guideline to improve the high quality snake antivenoms available on the international market.

Joe Biden to sign executive order to expand birth control access

Published on: June 23, 2023
15:57

Washington, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday in order to increase access to contraception and family planning.

Over 1.3B people to face diabetes by 2050 – Study

Published on: June 23, 2023
15:01

Washington, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide will more than double by 2050, according to research that blames rapidly rising obesity levels and widening health inequalities.

Red alert in northern China due to heat wave

Published on: June 23, 2023
12:34

Beijing, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Beijing and other regions in northern China have decreed a red alert due to a heat wave that has shot thermometers over 40 degrees Celsius.

WHO chief calls for stern control in formula milk trades

Published on: June 22, 2023
18:21

Geneva, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for stricter regulations to prevent companies that manufacture and market milk formulas from putting their interests before the health of children and families.

Researchers find traditional medicine plant extracts may treat ataxia

Published on: June 21, 2023
17:13

Washington, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers has discovered that extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices are able to rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human episodic ataxia.

WHO certifies Belize as malaria-free

Published on: June 21, 2023
17:00

Geneva, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday certified Belize as a malaria-free territory, after over 70 years of ongoing efforts by the country's government and health authorities to stamp out the disease.

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