VIRUSES

Humans pass more viruses to animals than they to humans – Study

Published on: March 28, 2024
17:34

Washington, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from chimpanzees. And many experts believe the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic flowed from bats.

Barbados and Curaçao fight outbreaks of SARS-COV-2 and other viruses

Published on: January 14, 2024
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Bridgetown, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) Barbados and Curaçao have redoubled their measures to contain the outbreaks of coronaviruses in health centers, in addition to fighting the spread of other viruses like dengue, which have killed several people in their territories.

Ecuador vaccinates 3.4 million children against polio, other viruses

Published on: August 4, 2023
01:00

Quito, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador informed that 3.4 million children were vaccinated against polio, rubella and measles in a campaign that concluded on July 31.

Health alert continues in Chile due to respiratory viruses

Published on: June 19, 2023
11:15

Santiago de Chile, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Chile, due to the increase of respiratory viruses, is facing today a complex sanitary situation which has caused the death of seven children and forced to return to the use of masks in educational centers.

New air filters tested on trains kill viruses, including Covid-19

Published on: March 10, 2022
17:34

London, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the University of Birmingham working in partnership with firms NitroPep Ltd and Pullman AC have developed new antimicrobial technology for air filters which can in seconds kill bacteria, fungi and viruses including SARS-CoV-2 - providing a potential solution to prevent the spread of airborne infections.

French scientists find virus similar to SARS-CoV-2 in bats

Published on: September 22, 2021
11:07

Paris, Sept 22 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from the Pasteur Institute of Paris on Wednesday presented the results of a research in which they detected viruses similar to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which can infect humans, in bats in northern Laos.

Scientists discover 15,000-year-old viruses from Tibetan glacier

Published on: July 23, 2021
07:12

London, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Scientists have found viruses nearly 15,000-year-old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China.

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