Health
Tijuana, Mexico (EFE).- Fentanyl trafficking and consumption along Mexico’s northern border have led to a binational crisis, revealing not only the flow of drugs into the United States but also the displacement of US drug users to cities like Tijuana due to lower costs and greater accessibility. As of Saturday,...
Madrid, May 9 (EFE).- The World Health Organization Saturday confirmed six cases of hantavirus linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, as Spanish authorities finalized a large-scale repatriation and quarantine operation ahead of the vessel’s arrival in Tenerife. Six confirmed cases One of the suspected hantavirus cases involving a passenger...
Buenos Aires (EFE).- The cruise ship where a possible hantavirus outbreak was detected arrived in the country from Montevideo in November 2025. It had sailed from Argentina on April 1 and had been based at the southern city of Ushuaia since its arrival, making voyages around the South Atlantic islands...
Mexico City, (EFE).- The current measles outbreak in Mexico, with over 10,000 cases and 31 deaths since 2025, could intensify during the World Cup due to the mobility of millions of visitors, according to health experts who spoke with EFE on Friday. Jorge Baruch Díaz, a surgeon and the head...
International Desk, (EFE).- Washington’s pressure on Havana is not limited to oil. Over the past year, a dozen countries, mainly in the Caribbean and Central America, have closed or reduced their contracts with Cuba for medical services due to the United States’ insistence that they will not collaborate in practices...
Brasilia, (EFE).- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a Brasilia hospital on Sunday after a three-week stay following surgery to treat a serious intestinal blockage. The 70-year-old far-right leader walked out of the DF Star Hospital on his own and greeted a group of supporters gathered outside the...
São Paulo, Brazil (EFE).- The government of São Paulo, Brazil’s most populous state, declared a public health emergency on Wednesday due to the rapid increase in dengue cases and announced further actions to combat the transmission of the virus. Eleuses Paiva, regional health secretary of Brazil, said at a press...
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Science Desk, Jan 10 (EFE).- Scientists have developed a breakthrough mechanism that makes the intravenous Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) tuberculosis vaccine safer and more effective by enabling the injected viral load to self-destruct after completing its task, thereby reducing the risk of accidental self-infection. Researchers from the American universities of Pittsburgh...
Islamabad, Dec 3 (EFE).- The authorities of Pakistan reported on Tuesday three new cases of poliovirus, bringing the national total of infections in 2024 to 59, marking one of his worst years in the fight against the disease. The three recent cases were detected in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province...
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Beijing, Nov 12 (EFE).– A new Chinese study suggests that social media use can help prevent and reduce depression symptoms among middle-aged and older adults. The research, published in the international journal, Translational Psychiatry, used data from an ongoing study on Chinese residents aged 45 and older. The team analyzed...
Addis Ababa, Oct 24 (EFE).- The public health agency of the African Union reported Thursday 45,327 mpox cases (9,114 confirmed) and 1,014 deaths from the disease since the beginning of 2024 in 18 countries of the continent. Epidemiologist Ngashi Ngongo, head of the Executive Office of the African Centers for...
Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct 18 (EFE).- Experts and feminist groups are working to generalize access to abortion in Jalisco, the third most populous state in Mexico, following the reform that decriminalized the procedure up to 12 weeks. Violeta Sandoval, a lawyer specializing in human rights, told EFE that two weeks after...
