Alert sanitari
Frutto di una ricerca giornaliera da parte del team di specialisti del CESMET, coordinati dal Responsabile Scientifico, Dott. Paolo Meo, ed effettuata su fonti ufficiali e ufficiose riguardanti notizie sanitarie, epidemie e curiosità del mondo medico provenienti da ogni parte del globo, questa sezione è una vetrina di segnalazioni fornite in modo telegrafico ma completo.
Le segnalazioni servono a fornire elementi utili per affrontare viaggi e fornire consigli di tipo preventivo.
Quando è possibile, l’alert riporta anche valutazioni e consigli a chi si deve recare nella zona interessata dal fenomeno.
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- Measles global outbreak continues to spreadMeasles outbreaks across Europe and Central Asia intensified in the first quarter of 2024, with incidence rates of up to hundreds of times higher than the United States. One of the worst-affected areas this year has been Chicago, where 61 cases… Leggi tutto »
- Dad goes Viral on TikTok: Daughter has PinwormsWhile many parents are unaware of the risks, one father made some noise on Tik Tok with a new video: daughter has pinworms. Justin, a dad that runs the TikTok page drumbeatlane took to social media to tell the world of… Leggi tutto »
- French drugmaker Valneva Vaccinates First Pediatric Trial Patient with “Single-Shot Chikungunya Vaccine”Valneva SE announced this week that the first participant has been vaccinated in the Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and Immunogenicity in children of two different dose levels of Valneva’s single-shot chikungunya vaccine. The Company reported positive pivotal… Leggi tutto »
- Celebrity Cruise Norovirus Outbreak leaves over 90 passengers illWith the Celebrity Cruise from Tampa ending on Friday, details have emerged regarding the norovirus outbreak which has left over 90 people ill. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that among the 2,056 passengers, 92 reported illnesses with… Leggi tutto »
- Health Dept Update: Philadelphia Measles OutbreakThe Philadelphia Department of Public Health is currently tracking an outbreak of measles. Officials stated that “The City” is working to identify everyone who may have been exposed, checking their vaccine status, warning them that they may have been exposed,… Leggi tutto »
- CDC: Gills Onions Linked to Salmonella infection Across Several StatesThe CDC reports a food safety alert after 73 salmonella illnesses across 22 states and 15 hospitalizations. A voluntarily recall for certain diced onion products from Gills Onions include some lots of diced yellow onions (3-pound bags and 8-ounce cups), diced… Leggi tutto »
- Winter rains and aid obstacles worsen ordeal for one million GazansNearly one million Gazans risk spending winter without adequate shelter as UN agencies struggle to provide cold weather assistance, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment, repeated evacuation orders and restrictions on aid deliveries, they warned on Wednesday. Leggi tutto »
- Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agencyAvian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers”, according to UN health officers. Leggi tutto »
- Underinvestment threatens universal health coverage goalsCoinciding with Universal Health Coverage Day on Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO) released its 2024 Global Health Expenditure Report, revealing troubling declines in government health spending. Leggi tutto »
- UN health agency approves ‘groundbreaking’ TB testA potentially “groundbreaking” test for tuberculosis (TB) has been endorsed by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) as part of continuing efforts to eradicate one of the planet's leading infectious killers. Leggi tutto »
- ‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chiefThe UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international stakeholders to radically rethink global drug policy, stating that the decades-long “War on Drugs” approach has “destroyed countless lives and damaged entire communities”. Leggi tutto »
- World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling barriers to healthcare and upholding human rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on World AIDS Day. Leggi tutto »
