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Healthy lifestyle may mean lower risk of long Covid-19 – Study

Published on: February 6, 2023
17:54

Washington, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health in the United States revealed that people who have a healthy lifestyle before Covid-19 infection may have a lower risk of long Covid than their peers, JAMA Internal Medicine published Monday.

Scientific research to be key to confirm Covid-19 lethality

Published on: February 3, 2023
16:57

Washington, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) A Covid-19-related study could be key to confirm men are more vulnerable to coronavirus than women, a scientific source revealed Friday.

Nicaraguan government guarantees full rights to women

Published on: February 1, 2023
10:24

Managua, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) At this moment, the Nicaraguan Government guarantees women's full rights by implementing a series of actions and programs to protect the country's female sector.

Banning Afghan women from working to hit most vulnerable, UN warns

Published on: December 30, 2022
15:36

United Nations, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Banning Afghan women from working will hit the most vulnerable people in this country, according to a report of 12 UN agencies and 8 NGOs released on Friday.

Cuba to administer Covid-19 booster shot to pregnant women

Published on: December 29, 2022
11:27

Havana, Dec 29 (Prensa Latina) The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Cuba (CIGB) reported on Thursday that a booster shot against Covid-19 will be administered to pregnant women in their last quarter of pregnancy.

Abortion bans may increase suicide risk among U.S. women – Study

Published on: December 28, 2022
16:20

Washington, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) Restricted access to abortions may have increased the risk of suicide among women of reproductive age for over four decades, new research from the University of Pennsylvania the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suggested.

Nearly 41,000 Brazilian children lost their parents for Covid-19

Published on: December 26, 2022
16:44

Brasilia, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) A total of 40,830 children and young people in Brazil were orphaned due to Covid-19 in the first two years of the pandemic, according to research released on Monday by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ).

Majority of displaced populations in Afghanistan are women

Published on: December 15, 2022
07:52

Kabul, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) Women make up the majority of the displaced populations in Afghanistan, reported UN Women, the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.

U.S.: Sexual abuse rampant in federal prisons – investigation finds

Published on: December 13, 2022
15:11

Washington, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) Inmates in at least two-thirds of federal prisons were victims of sexual violence by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff and officials during the last decade.

Cuba presents achievements in gender equality in Ibero-Am meeting (+Photo)

Published on: December 2, 2022
07:14

Santiago, Chile, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban women account for a majority in the legal sector and the country currently marks the second largest number worldwide with the highest proportion of seats held by them in Parliament, First Deputy Justice Minister Rosabel Gamón said in this capital.

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