The difficulties of getting diagnosed, a lack of knowledge among health professionals and few biomarkers make it challenging to recognize and treat the disease
In the absence of details on how the new variant behaves, experts believe that the biggest difference is not in the virus itself, but in the environment
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, where most cases of mpox are concentrated, is facing a health emergency amid a humanitarian crisis. Thirteen African countries have so far confirmed cases of the virus
Is it a pandemic? How does it spread? What are the risks outside Africa? Here’s what we know about the new outbreak that has the WHO on alert
The organization has taken the measure due to the expansion of an apparently more lethal variant of the virus in Africa, which declared its first-ever public health emergency in response
The regional director of WHO Europe discusses what was learned from the Covid-19 health emergency, and what can be done to address falling vaccination rates and rising numbers of STIs
The WHO is investigating how the first human death caused by the H5N2 variant occurred, but the agency sees it as very unlikely that it can be transmitted between people
An oncological experimental applied therapy, thanks to the CRIS Foundation, brought about remission in the case of a seven-year-old boy whose alternative was palliative care
The United Kingdom’s cuts to international development funding threaten to reverse the path towards eliminating the so-called neglected tropical diseases in several African countries
Guille is two years and eight months old. He lives with Desanto Shinawi Syndrome (DESSH), a rare pathology diagnosed in only about 100 people around the world
The co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Research Institute is researching a groundbreaking therapy that could free millions of people from insulin injections
Experts believe it is a major leap forward in the fight against malaria, although it is not a silver bullet to end the disease
The professor at Spain’s Miguel Hernández University has studied the psychological consequences of global warming in university students and young people from vulnerable backgrounds
Infections are increasing, but experts have detected no greater severity in symptoms or resistance to vaccines in the most recent strains circulating worldwide
The European Commission has announced plans to ban this compound, which is present in a wide variety of food packaging and is now considered a health risk
Yvonne Greenstreet, CEO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, believes we are facing a new generation of drugs that will write ‘new chapters in medicine textbooks’
The family of a 31-year-old Albanian who died in hospital in Barcelona has been campaigning for Spain to repatriate the organ for DNA tests, on suspicion that it was stolen for a transplant
As sexually transmitted infections are skyrocketing, the practice is linked to a public health problem
Since 1990, deaths from this disease in Europe have increased by 70% and those related with liver disease by 25%
One in three Europeans claims to have been the target of age-related stereotypes. The practice weighs most heavily on the elderly and even has an impact on the treatment they receive from doctors
Thanks to the efforts of scientific activists, this pseudoscience, whose efficacy has never been proven, is losing ground
A recent study found that family relationships are stronger if children are told about their biological origins around age seven
A new study highlights the difficulty of controlling an outbreak even after prevention protocols, such as patient isolation, have been put into place
Although the worldwide consumption of lipid-lowering drugs keeps growing, some recent studies cast doubt on their advisability
In her book ‘Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations,’ this expert in palliative care presents a compendium of everything a person should bear in mind when talking to someone who suffering
The health organization says the findings show the ‘urgent need to increase access to affordable, high-quality fertility care for those in need’
Due to permissive regulations and to the widespread idea that this practice helps to reduce smoking, the consumption of electronic cigarettes has skyrocketed among young people
