In recent years, countries that once financed the pseudotreatments, such as the United Kingdom and France, have stopped doing so, and Germany has plans to do the same this year
Two reviews reaffirm the problems the substance causes for mental health and highlight the complex debate around regulation
The WHO has downplayed the risk of a larger outbreak: ‘All cases have been isolated and are being managed under strict medical supervision’
All countries are going to impose measures to prevent the spread of the hantavirus, but these measures vary depending on each government
Spain is negotiating with various nations over how to repatriate their citizens. Uncertainties remain over the arrival of the ‘MV Hondius,’ its disinfection, and possible quarantines
The pathogen detected on the cruise ship is more lethal, but it is better understood and much less contagious than SARS-CoV-2
Gregorio Marañón Hospital used the technology to model a surgical piece for a 20‑year‑old man with Poland syndrome, a visible chest malformation
The Health Ministry has published a review of 15 years of studies on a pseudoscience that has been criticized by scientists for decades: ‘Many of these substances are so diluted, it’s like dissolving a packet of sugar in the Mediterranean Sea’
Supplements based on this alkaloid have shown some benefits, but they are not comparable to GLP-1-based drugs
Utilizing newborn blood is more of a dream than a reality, and storing it in public banks is largely for a potential greater good
The co-author of the book ‘Conspirituality’ explains how the far right is embedded in the world of wellness, obsessed with self-improvement but also with the dynamics of power and domination
The specialist in neurodevelopmental issues argues the case for banning social media for under-16s: ‘Those who had a smartphone with free access to internet content before the age of 15 have worse mental health indicators’
EL PAÍS reconstructs a record‑breaking weekend of simultaneous surgeries and helicopter organ transfers to save four lives within a critical window
Organoids, which the professor is researching, are transforming drug experimentation
A hot mic caught the leaders of China and Russia exchanging ideas about increasing their own longevity that science doesn’t support. They’d be better off focusing on healthy lifestyles for the years they may have ahead of them
The Trump administration’s unscientific moves are alarming international public health experts, who are calling for a stronger European role
The American researcher warns that Trump’s policies could delay some medical advances by several years
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
