Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside…
:EUROSTAT: Additional deaths up in the 2nd and 3rd week of July
In July 2023 (weeks 27 to 30), the number of weekly deaths in the EU and EFTA countries was above the 2016-2019 average, around 6 200 deaths above the baseline. New data from Eurostat…
:WHO: Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 – 30 August 2023
In the last 28-day period (24 July to 20 August 2023), nearly 1.5 million new COVID-19 cases and over 2000 deaths were reported from WHO’s six regions,i an increase of…
Physicians and physiotherapists in the EU: how many?
In 2021, the EU had an estimated 1.82 million practising physicians. The highest number of practising physicians was recorded in the largest EU countries: Germany (377 000, equivalent to 21% of the…
FDA Approves First Oral Treatment for Postpartum Depression
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zurzuvae (zuranolone), the first oral medication indicated to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults. PPD is a major depressive episode that typically occurs after…
Alpha-gal syndrome: Meat allergy linked to tick bites rising, CDC says – Many healthcare providers not familiar with allergic condition
The CDC reports that between 2010 and 2022, there were more than 110,000 suspected cases of alpha-gal syndrome identified. However, because the diagnosis of alpha-gal syndrome requires a positive diagnostic test and…
How healthy did EU citizens feel in 2021?
In 2021, in the EU, almost seven in ten people aged 16 or over rated their health status as good or very good (69%). The positive perception of health was better among males…
WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease
Image Source : Public Domain Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will…
Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO
Monkeypox, a rare viral disease, occurs primarily in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa, though it is occasionally exported to other regions The monkeypox outbreak does not currently…
:NETHERLANDS: 1,859 suicide deaths in 2021: 36 more than in 2020
Last year, 1,859 people took their own lives. This is 36 more than in 2020. There was a decrease in suicide deaths among women (-31) against an increase among men…