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.
Dalla rete
- India: H5N1 Reported in Five Kozhikode Local Bodies; Culling To FollowH5N1 has been reported in five local bodies in Kozhikode district, with culling operations set to follow, according to PTI and local media reports published on March 18 and 19. The affected areas were named as Panangad, Olavanna, Kakkodi and… Leggi tutto »
- India: Kerala To Cull 5,961 Birds in Alappuzha After Bird Flu ConfirmationThe cull order in Alappuzha district follows reported H5N1 confirmation in Muhamma and will cover a 1-km radius around the outbreak center. Kerala authorities will cull 5,961 domestic birds in Muhamma in Alappuzha district after avian influenza was confirmed there,… Leggi tutto »
- UK Meningitis Outbreak Cases Climb to 27, 2 Deaths ReportedThe UK Health Security Agency said on March 19 that it is investigating an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent that, as of March 18, was linked to 27 cases: 15 confirmed and 12 additional linked cases that have… Leggi tutto »
- Black Rain in Iran: WHO Warns of Health Risks After Airstrikes on Oil FacilitiesThe head of the World Health Organization has warned that damage to petroleum facilities in Iran could contaminate air, food and water, after residents in Tehran reported what they described as black rain following strikes on fuel sites around the… Leggi tutto »
- Pennsylvania Ramps Up Testing as Bird Flu Affects 7.2 Million Birds in 2026Pennsylvania is expanding its response to highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, after state officials said more than 14.3 million birds have been lost in the Commonwealth since the current U.S. outbreak began in February 2022. The state says… Leggi tutto »
- Dozens of Dead Swans in London Docklands Trigger Bird Flu InvestigationA specialist contractor has collected 30 dead swans from waterways near Canary Wharf. Officials say tests are under way and are urging people not to touch carcasses. More than 30 swans have died in just a few days around London’s… Leggi tutto »
- Africa: Nearly 20 million measles deaths averted since 2000Measles vaccinations have saved nearly 20 million lives in Africa since the year 2000 and more than 500 million children were protected through routine immunisation, but the continent remains offtrack in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases. Leggi tutto »
- Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikesThe scale and speed of destruction from the wave of airstrikes in Lebanon which began just hours after the US-Iran ceasefire announcement, has left the country’s already strained health system struggling to cope, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Leggi tutto »
- From misdiagnosis to medical bias: Why women are living longer but not betterFor 25 years, the world has made significant progress in advancing women’s right to health, particularly in sexual and reproductive care. Women are living longer than ever before – but they are not living better. Leggi tutto »
- ‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortagesAs violence forces tens of thousands to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan state, doctors in a key maternity hospital are facing impossible choices – with too few supplies, too many patients, and lives slipping away. Leggi tutto »
- World News in Brief: South Sudan rights, opioid guidelines update, DR Congo crisis continuesSouth Sudan is evolving into a catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis, UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts warned on Thursday. Leggi tutto »
- Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civiliansThe death toll from a horrific attack on a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur has risen further, amid a “sharp increase” in drone attacks against civilians this year, UN agencies said on Tuesday. Leggi tutto »
