health in the Balearic Islands

The Genetic Perspective of the Global Evolution of the Bubonic Plague: Interview with Postdoctoral Researcher Guillem Mas at the Pasteur Institute

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The Genetic Perspective of the Global Evolution of the Bubonic Plague: Interview with Postdoctoral Researcher Guillem Mas at the Pasteur Institute

Young but well prepared, Guillem Mas (Portocolom, 1995), postdoctoral researcher at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris, speaks this Tuesday about the genetic perspective of the global evolution of the bubonic plague: From the epidemics of the past to the surveillance of the future, in a new scientific session of the Royal Academy of Medicine. … Read more

Protecting Infants from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Campaign Begins Next Week in Balearic Islands

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Protecting Infants from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Campaign Begins Next Week in Balearic Islands

Next week the campaign to protect all infants from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) will begin The Balearic Islands is the only community that, at this time, is not providing the so-called vaccine against Virus Respiratory Syncytial (RSV) causing 90% of cases of bronchiolitis in newborns or infants. Although It will start to be installed next … Read more

National Epidemiological Surveillance Network: Renave and Conjugate Vaccine Against Pneumococcus

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National Epidemiological Surveillance Network: Renave and Conjugate Vaccine Against Pneumococcus

The national epidemiological surveillance network (Renave) collects between 3,000 and 4,000 cases per year, the majority among children under five years of age. The Balearic Islands Government Council has authorized the contracting of the supply of the 20-serotype conjugate vaccine against pneumococcus for the years 2023 and 2024, for an estimated value of 3.2 million … Read more