Preventive Medicine

Experts Emphasize Importance of Vaccination in Preventing Respiratory Infections: Highlights from World Immunization Week

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Experts Emphasize Importance of Vaccination in Preventing Respiratory Infections: Highlights from World Immunization Week

Vaccination plays a vital role in preventing respiratory infections caused by the AIDS virus. grasprespiratory syncytial virus (RSV), SARS-Cov-2, whooping cough and pneumococcus, pathogens that affect young children and the elderly. Now, in a meeting organized around World Immunization Week by Pfizer and the National Association of Health Informants (ANIS)experts emphasize that a vaccine is … Read more

The Best Plan for Winter: Vaccination Against Flu, Covid-19, and Pneumonia

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The Best Plan for Winter: Vaccination Against Flu, Covid-19, and Pneumonia

‘The best plan for this winter’ is the motto with which the Spanish Association of Vaccinology wants to raise awareness among the population to get vaccinated now to be protected during the winter. With this campaign, the AEV invites people aged 60 or over and the vulnerable population to get vaccinated against flu, Covid-19 and … Read more

Flu Shot Vaccination Season in Lombardy: Dates, Reservations, and Information

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Flu Shot Vaccination Season in Lombardy: Dates, Reservations, and Information

Not just the anti-Covid. Lombardy’s vaccination season is ready to open from 1 October with the flu shot: an open day organized by the Assts throughout the Region has already been set for that date, and new details arrived yesterday from the General Directorate of Welfare. For the open day on October 1st, reservations will … Read more

H Open Week: Free Services for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Early Diagnosis

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H Open Week: Free Services for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Early Diagnosis

On the occasion of World Heart Day, which is celebrated on 29 September, Fondazione Onda, for the third consecutive year, is organizing the (H) Open Week dedicated to cardiovascular diseases from 26 September to 2 October with the aim of promoting information, prevention and early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, with a particular focus on abdominal … Read more

“Adult vaccination: Herpes Zoster added to Galician public health offer for at-risk groups and elderly population”

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“Adult vaccination is not a fad nor does it have to do only with COVID. It is a scientific conquest”, claims the doctor María José Pereira Rodríguez, head of the Preventive Medicine Service of the health area of ​​A Coruña and Cee, when assessing the recent incorporation of the herpes zoster vaccine to the Galician … Read more

Covid, the pandemic is over. At Sant’Anna only 17 hospitalized

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The pandemic seems to have vanished, in the Como area the cases are continuously decreasing, the hospital registers few new admissions and the patients hospitalized in the last month have decreased from 46 to 17. The virus no longer causes serious damage. “Compared to two years ago and also compared to last year, the situation … Read more

Influenza, two million Lombards vaccinated: bookings also open at the weekend

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62% of Lombards over 80 have been vaccinated against the flu and, as of 2 January, almost 2 million vaccinationsprecisely 1,831,497, more than 50,000 more than last year. This was announced by the Directorate General for Welfare of the Lombardy Region. A “satisfactory result that demonstrates a greater awareness of our citizens, especially the most … Read more

Preventive Medicine: Syncytial virus spreads from November to mid-February

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Amr Kandil, head of the preventive medicine sector at the Ministry of Health, confirmed that syncytial virus is a respiratory virus that has been around for decades and is transmitted with infection not only in Egypt but also worldwide, explaining that this virus is active in the autumn season and intensifies in winter. Amr Qandil … Read more

Previously overlooked, Russian vaccine against Covid-19 is now a favorite in fighting the pandemic – World

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In August last year, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced that the country had authorized the use of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine even before completing safety trials, which sparked skepticism. Now, Putin can reap diplomatic dividends as Russia celebrates its greatest scientific breakthrough since the Soviet era. Countries line up to receive Sputnik V after … Read more

Ministry of Health launches a campaign to eliminate intestinal worms from 8 to 19 November

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Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, announced the launch of the National Campaign to Eliminate Intestinal Worms for Egyptian and Non-Egyptian Primary School Students and Kindergartens residing in Egypt for free, at the school level in all governorates of the Republic, from 8 to 19 November. Dr. Khaled Mujahid, advisor to the Minister of … Read more