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On 18 February 2021, the National IHR Focal Point for the Russian Federation notified WHO of detection of avian influenza A(H5N8) in seven human clinical specimens. These are the first reported detection of avian influenza A(H5N8) in humans. Positive clinical specimens were collected from poultry farm workers who participated in a response operation to contain […]

On 14 February 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea informed WHO of a cluster of Ebola Virus

Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been reported in Kenya in humans in Isiolo and Mandera counties and in

On 7 February 2021, the Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) after the laboratory confirmation of one case in North Kivu Province. The case was an adult female living in Biena Health Zone. To date the source of infection is still under investigation. […]

WHO: Zika virus classification tables

They are tiny animals that live near or inside human dwellings where contact with people is high. Every few days, they lay 100-150 eggs which develop into adults in about a week. They are mosquitoes. The adult females feed on people’s blood, several times during the day.

Researchers have succeeded in revealing the arsenal used by protozoans of the genus Leishmania in human cells to make leishmaniasis more severe, especially in cases of the mucocutaneous variety of the disease, which can cause deformations in patients.

Extreme rainfall associated with climate change is causing harm to babies in some of the most forgotten places on the planet setting in motion a chain of disadvantage down the generations, according to new research in Nature Sustainability.

The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is a main vector of deadly diseases like dengue fever, chikungunya, and the Zika virus, which result in hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide each year.

Of the nine treatments and preventives for COVID-19 authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, three are drugs made from so-called monoclonal antibodies.

Tras advertir que los casos de coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) se han duplicado en una semana en la región de las Américas, la Directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud OPS), Carissa F. Etienne, llamó a los países a aplicar medidas para proteger a los trabajadores de la salud para asegurar que tengan acceso a […]

La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha resaltado de manera conmovedora el papel fundamental que desempeñan las enfermeras, enfermeros y otros trabajadores de la salud para proteger la salud de las personas y salvar vidas. El nuevo informe titulado Situación de la enfermería en el mundo 2020 solicita una mayor inversión en educación, mejora en las […]

La FIFA ha aunado fuerzas con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para apoyar la campaña #BeActive, que se ha lanzado con motivo del Día Internacional del Deporte para el Desarrollo y la Paz de la ONU. Con #HealthyAtHome se anima a que la gente se […]

La directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Carissa F. Etienne, pidió hoy la colaboración del sector privado con los países de América Latina y el Caribe “en respuesta al tsunami de los casos de COVID19 que enfrentaremos”.