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Aedes aegypti’s mechanism for infecting humans deciphered

Published on: August 26, 2024
11:23

Washington, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The Aedes aegypti mosquito uses infrared to detect and reach its goal of biting humans, a study published in Nature shows.

Uruguay to vaccinate against human papillomavirus infection

Published on: April 27, 2024
00:15

Montevideo, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay will administer a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which will include children 11 years of age and older in the schools of the departmental capitals, it was reported.

Over 3.7 million dengue cases reported worldwide – ECDC

Published on: August 29, 2023
17:17

Geneva, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Tuesday reported that over 3.7 million cases of dengue have been reported worldwide through August 23.

Italy: Weekly Covid-19 infection toll drop to 3,411

Published on: July 15, 2023
08:54

Rome, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Italy reported 3,411 cases and 36 deaths of Covid-19 from July 7 to 13, a downturn with respect to 3,731 cases and 38 deaths reported in previous week.

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.

Panama reports 21 new Mpox cases

Published on: February 25, 2023
09:41

Panama City, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Panama´s Health Ministry (MINSA) on Saturday confirmed 21 new cases of Mpox.

Italy reports over 29,00 Covid-19 cases, 244 deaths

Published on: February 25, 2023
08:58

Rome, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Italy´s Health Ministry on Saturday reported as many as 29,443 Covid-19 cases (from February 17 to 23), accounting for an increased 3.8% compared to 28,354 cases reported in previous seven days.

Dominican Rep. reports 5 new cholera cases

Published on: February 22, 2023
16:55

Santo Domingo, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Health Ministry on Wednesday reported five new cases of cholera in the country, bringing overall contagion toll to 82 since first detection in October 2022.

Paraguay on alert due to “imminent risk” of bird flu outbreak

Published on: February 21, 2023
19:00

Asunción, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay´s public and private institutions are on maximum alert in view of imminent risk of bird flu virus in the country. Yet no contagion has been reported, the government declared Tuesday.

Mpox is still considered a public health emergency – WHO

Published on: February 15, 2023
16:55

Geneva, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) WHO warned Wednesday that despite progress made for global response to the multinational mpox outbreak, it is still a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated.

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