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Case of monkeypox in the Philippines Health authorities have not yet sequenced the genome of the mpox virus that infected a Filipino man who had not traveled abroad, is the first case monitored since December last year; this refers to the global alert regarding greater surveillance on monkeypox. Recently Pakistan had confirmed at least one case of the virus even if the exact outcome of the sequencing is not known. Generally people infected with the virus have mild symptoms but in some cases for example with a weakened immune system it can also be fatal especially if it is the new clade 1 variant (are talking about four percent of cases of victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then the "TPOXX" antiviral doesn't appear to work with the clade 1), itchy lesions often form on the skin and even pustules with fever and malaise. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 19, 2024 
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 Possibly low spread for mpox virus in Europe According to the forecasts of the health authorities even if imported cases of monkeypox in Europe will probably rise there will hardly be a wide spread of the mpox virus, then the disease should not be so serious; provided that all surveillance practices are adopted, avoiding close contacts and isolating any cases identified. Since November 2023 for example in the Democratic Republic of Congo there have been over sixteen thousand new cases with the clade 1 mpox variant with over five hundred victims, therefore with a sharp increase in cases; then nine other neighboring countries reported cases. Two days ago the new mpox variant Clade 1b was identified in Sweden, but some say that the risk of a Covid-type pandemic is difficult even if the question remains about possible further mutations of the virus and infections under trace. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 17, 2024 n: 5724 Mpox health emergency in Africa With a one hundred and sixty percent increase in fatalities compared to 2023 health authorities have reportedly declared a health emergency caused by monkeypox (mpox) across the African continent calling for concrete action for greater support from the world as the zoonosis is spreading through sexual intercourse or close contact. Concern rises by monitoring the daily situation and the sending of ten million doses of vaccines is requested and there are fears given the pace of spread that it could also affect the whole world, so accurate surveillance of any cases that could go unnoticed with adequate isolation is necessary, then it must be considered that in an interconnected world it could only be a matter of time for the virus to spread as happened for example for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 14, 2024 n: 5722 Children without vaccinations due to conflict The number of children who do not receive vaccinations considered essential and who protect against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough is increasing due to the multiplication of conflicts in the world, at least according to an international report that shows that there have been about fourteen and a half million fewer vaccinations administered in 2023 compared to thirteen million and nine hundred thousand in 2022; then would have to add another six and a half million who have had only one dose and therefore cannot be said to be properly vaccinated and this could have consequences to prevent any epidemics in the future. Sudan has the highest number of missed vaccinations due to a civil conflict that has been affecting the country since fifteen months, dropping from seventy-five percent in 2022 to fifty-seven percent in 2023 (therefore over seven hundred thousand unvaccinated children). e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jul 17, 2024 n: 5698 A rare immune protection from Covid Some rare people may have a genetic advantage regarding exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that makes the immune system more resistant and the organism protected from possible infection, at least as shown by saliva samples with DNA analysis carried out in selected individuals with these special characteristics; this could be useful perhaps to develop new vaccines for Covid and also for other viruses or other diseases. Many no longer pay attention to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in reality it continues to claim victims around the world (two thousand six hundred in April according to international organizations); then there are people who claim that they have never fully recovered after being infected and recovered complaining for example cognitive decline and various disabilities, cases of a kind of "mental fog", confusion, forgetfulness, lack of attention. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 28, 2024 n: 5682 Testing milk for fragments of H5N1 virus Take milk off the shelves and test it for fragments of H5N1 avian influenza virus in order to monitor the situation and avoid a possible pandemic, at least according to some researchers following developments in the case of the harmless fragments of the virus that had been found in cases of milk samples processed in the United States. A vaccine to protect the body against the H5N1 avian influenza virus already exists in theory, but in the event of a pandemic there would not be enough doses; therefore it is necessary to prepare suitable structures and systems to deal with the emergency. Testing wastewater can also be a monitoring system, as well as looking for antibodies to the virus in cows to understand if the animals have been infected before while keeping surveillance and attention on the virus high. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 31, 2024 n: 5658 H5N1 mode of contagion under study Influenza A is generally considered a respiratory virus that infects organisms by reaching the throat and then the lungs, but researchers studying how H5N1 avian influenza is transmitted in cows have hypothesized that it can also infect through the mammary glands of animals. This possibility was already known but it surprised the researchers quite a bit, then there would theoretically also be other possibilities of transmission to humans. Recently a person in Texas was infected through close contact with infected cows and this is the second case of its kind since the virus was discovered circulating in some farms in the United States (in at least four states), the mode of contagion may have occurred through the membranes of the eyes of infected milk. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 27, 2024 n: 5654 Assessing pandemic potential of H5N1 avian flu A study has reportedly highlighted an unprecedented pandemic potential for H5N1 avian influenza that worries researchers since the latest adaptations detected in the virus in the ability to infect mammals could lead to large-scale infections in humans, so active surveillance measures must be taken promptly to prevent this from happening. As early as 1997 a year after the discovery of the H5N1 virus it was understood that it could overcome the barrier of birds alone and in China and Hong Kong an epidemic in a poultry was linked to eighteen infections in humans and a third of these people would later die, then in the following decade the alarms followed one another more and more pressing with dozens of infected species and lately the "imminent" risk that would go straight from mammals to humans. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 07, 2024 n: 5637 Study on the genomics of trees and humans To test why some trees in Canada are more resilient to drought, disease and wildfires the researchers sequenced the genome which could be useful for reforestation practices in areas devastated by wildfires. The procedure is apparently complex and cites a (contested) genomic project started in 1990 on humans that was supposed to be ambitious and change forever the opinion on genetics, but by the time it was presented in 2003 only ninety-two percent of the human genome had been sequenced. To give an example the human genome includes twenty-three chromosomes that are composed of about three billion base pairs, in all about twenty-five thousand genes while trees have fewer chromosomes and many more base pairs. Conifers have about twenty billion base pairs and therefore seven times that of humans and perhaps over sixty-five thousand genes. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 03, 2024 n: 5634 Study on increased vulnerability from plastic The body's vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other diseases could increase due to microplastics, at least according to a study that tries to find the points of contact between the evidence found in some subjects and these healthy alarms; on the other hand a possible link between microplastics and type two diabetes has not yet been definitively answered. Nanoplastics up to a nanometer in size seem to be particularly dangerous since they can easily reach organs, then generally plastic materials tend to bind with other polluting chemical components in some cases forming a kind of toxic mix. We need to reduce the use of plastic because it increases diseases and disabilities with high health and sustainability costs with a devastating impact on the environment. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 27, 2024 n: 5630 Health and Wellness * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved) |
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