At the Vaccination Center in Nice, July 27, 2022. Eric Gallard / REUTERS Duquesne, we always deny the difficulty of delivering vaccine doses. The period between two doses of monkeypox vaccination, previously up to twenty-eight days, has been extended for immunocompromised people, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (August 4). “Within the preventive vaccination […]
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Health and the digital age: discover the five triggers that social networks can cause
You will hardly find a person who does not have a profile on the Internet these days, in fact, the boom of social networks has been and continues to be so great that we already have specific platforms for videos, work, dating, personal life and so on, which consolidates expansion and continuous advancement. However, are […]
Ministry of Health approves protocol for the diagnosis of ADHD
The Ministry of Health approved, on Wednesday (4), a document with the criteria for the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to information from Brazil agencythe declaration covers the treatment and regulatory mechanisms, as well as the control and evaluation of the disease. According to the file, data from the World Health Organization […]
Hospital crisis: emergency services, SMUR and 15 “great difficulties”, warning SAMU-Urgences de France
Health Minister François Browne during a visit to a monkeypox vaccination center in Paris on August 3. Julian de Rosa / AFP “Emergency services, SMURs, 15th are very hard to work”Marc Noiset, president of SAMU-Urgences France (SUdF), said on Thursday, August 4, following his union’s publication of an investigation into the emergency in July. especially […]
People who sleep often have a higher risk of stroke and hypertension
Who doesn’t love to nap during the day, right? However, one study has come to end sleepers’ peace of mind, as research has shown that frequent naps may be linked to an increased risk of stroke and hypertension; Based on data from Biobank, a UK bio-repository that holds biological samples for use in research, 358,451 […]
Working Hours: Interns will inform hospitals on official notification
“Your institution does not currently use regulations on intern working hours and their control methods as recommended by the Public Health Code”, warns from the first line of the mail, which was sent to about 400 hospitals on July 27. The purpose of the letter, signed by the National Union of Interns, a representative of […]
Eat and Shut Up, Lobbying the Menu: Two Books Detail the Agri-Food Sector’s Influence Strategies
books. To say that the Nutri-Score nutrition label has sparked a lobbying battle is an understatement. Until this five-color logo, which indicates the nutritional quality of food, was adopted in late 2017 by France as an official logo (though not mandatory), the large agri-food groups waged a bitter battle against this label and deployed a […]
In the beginning there was psilocybe, “the flesh of the gods.”
For the scientific community, Johns-Hopkins University is much more than a place of learning with several hospitals. It is a venerable institution, an authority that inspires respect since its founding in 1876 in Baltimore, northeastern United States. For example, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, his tally of the number of dead and sick […]
Breastfeeding saves lives, why is it important and awareness?
Every year from August 1 to 7, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Breastfeeding Alliance celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in more than 170 countries to promote the practice and improve the health of babies worldwide. The World Breastfeeding Week is a global campaign coordinated by the World Breastfeeding Alliance (WABA) that aims […]
Monkey Pox Epidemic: A Deadly Matter
Laboratory of Arboviruses and Viral Diseases of the National Center of Microbiology of the Institute of Salud Carlos III, Madrid, on May 27, 2022. KIKO HUESCA / EFE / MAXPPP Three months after the first reports of monkey cases outside the African continent, between July 29 and August 2, five fatal cases were reported in […]