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PAHO warns against Oropouche fever outbreak in the Americas

Published on: May 27, 2024
12:43

Washington, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Oropouche fever, a virus transmitted by vectors of the genus Culicidae (mosquitoes) and Culicoides (midges), is now affecting rural and urban communities in Central and South America, as well as in Caribbean countries.

Humankind celebrates World Dengue Day

Published on: August 26, 2023
12:14

Havana, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Humankind is celebrating the World Dengue Day on Saturday.

Uruguay alerts on prevalence of hepatitis C virus

Published on: July 30, 2023
00:15

Montevideo, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) The hepatitis C virus currently has a high prevalence in Uruguay despite public policies, Dr. Gustavo Tomasiunas, director of the Pharmacology and Therapeutics department at the School of Medicine of the University of the Republic, said.

Chile expects very cold winter and new outbreaks of respiratory virus

Published on: June 21, 2023
11:05

Santiago de Chile, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Chilean authorities warn about possible very cold temperatures and new outbreaks of respiratory diseases in the country as the winter season officially began today in the southern region of the planet.

4M vaccine doses to arrive in Ecuador to fight off bird flu outbreak

Published on: February 22, 2023
18:10

Quito, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador´s Agency of Regulation and Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Control (AGROCALIDAD) on Wednesday confirmed the arrival of four million doses of vaccines against bird flu.

Belize confirms that is free of bird flu virus

Published on: November 11, 2022
00:15

Belmopan, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) Belize is free of the bird flu scare after tests made at the veterinary services laboratories in Iowa, United States, considered false positive cases presented as carriers of the virus.

West Nile virus infection toll soars 53% in Italy

Published on: August 11, 2022
16:56

Rome, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) West Nile infection case toll reported in Italy soared by 53% this week, in which four deaths were informed, Italy´s Higher Health Institute said Thursday.

Tamaulipas, Mexico, back in the red due to rebound in Covid-19 cases

Published on: July 19, 2022
09:13

Mexico City, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican state of Tamaulipas decreed a red epidemiological level, which represents the greatest contagion threat as a result of unstoppable rise in Covid-19.

Monkeypox virus mutating more than expected, says scientists

Published on: June 24, 2022
15:18

Lisbon, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The current monkeypox virus may be mutating more than expected, according to researchers in Portugal, as cases rise across the UK and the U.S.

France´s HAS recommends timely vaccine to fight monkeypox

Published on: June 20, 2022
15:16

Paris, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) France´s National Authority for Health - Haute Autorité de santé (HAS, in French) strongly recommended on Monday to give a single monkeypox vaccine dose to people at risk and who has been immunized against smallpox before 1980.

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