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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 
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 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 A more effective treatment for tuberculosis To treat drug-resistant tuberculosis researchers for the Asia-Pacific regions have developed a more effective therapy called "BPal" that combines three antibiotics (and possibly even a fourth), apparently a remarkable advance because traditional therapy has heavy side effects and not everyone is able to complete the treatments; so hopefully it will significantly decrease the number of victims which remains really high in the world. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on healthy issues that in Peru the number of victims from Dengue would have tripled this year (one hundred and seventeen compared to thirty-three last year in the same period of time) due to climate change and the authorities has planned emergency interventions to deal with the situation. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 15, 2024 n°: 5620 Biosecurity measures for H5N1 bird flu in U.S. Confirmation that a dangerous strain of H5N1 avian influenza is circulating among livestock in some U.S. states has forced health authorities to promote biosecurity measures for farmers to try to monitor the so-called "high alert" situation; in fact, the question is whether cows are getting infected what the next species leap could be. The possibility that after cows and pigs it could be the turn of humans with a variant that adapts to infect human organisms could only be a matter of time, so surveillance should be increased. It is worth mentioning changing the subject but remaining on health issues the recent appeal in Italy to prevent a decrease in funding to support the entire sector related to the health of citizens which lately finds itself with increasingly scarce resources and personnel. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 05, 2024 n°: 5612 A healthy walk in the nature We spend more and more time walking on the floors of homes and offices in closed environments that exhaust the body's ability to recover, so researchers suggest that forty minutes of walking in nature is enough to have physical and mental benefits; focusing on vision, smells and naturalistic sounds to recover for example normal mental performance clouded by immersion in increasingly invasive technologies. A naturalistic attitude (turning off the electronic equipment wear) would also allow for better executive control, improving concentration and attention with positive effects on the brain. It is worth mentioning changing the subject but remaining on healthy issues the warning of international organizations on the increase in measles cases, with a sharp increase in Europe and in particular in Great Britain. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Feb 10, 2024 n°: 5566 A vaccine in Africa against malaria in children It is estimated that in 2022 of the almost two hundred and fifty million cases and over six hundred thousand victims in the world most are in Africa and children under five are those at greatest risk; then there is talk of a significant step forward regarding the distribution of a new vaccine (called RTS,S and formulated against the falciparum form of the malaria parasite) for the immunization of Africa, as is happening for example in Cameroon. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on healthy issues that international organizations warn that countries are doing little to prepare for any new pandemics and how future generations should not forget what happened with Covid-19. Better prevention is needed so that we do not run out of tools to protect children, the elderly and vulnerable individuals. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 24, 2024 n°: 5551 Information request about pneumonia in China Detailed information on an increase in respiratory diseases found in children would have been requested by international health agencies from China, apparently due to known pathogens such as those related to influenza, mycoplasma pneumoniae, syncytial virus and SARS-CoV-2; efforts are being made to strengthen surveillance in health facilities and the capacity to treat patients. It should be noted that recently with regard to Covid-19 the Omicron subvariant BA.2.86 is under attention even if it does not seem that there are no particular differences in the severity of contagion, then an assessment of the risks of the Omicron EG.5 subvariant widespread in the world was presented. Shifting attention to Italy it is worth noting an increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections monitored lately, then worrying cases of Dengue (break-bone fever) carried by mosquitoes in Sardinia. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 23, 2023 n°: 5501 Increased prevalence of Dengue in Bangladesh Climate change in Bangladesh tends to provide mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti species with a very favorable environment for their spread and therefore to carry Dengue, due to higher temperatures with a monsoon of longer duration and consequently heavy rainfall with unusual parameters such as what happened for the month of October. Over one thousand four hundred and seventy victims with over two hundred and ninety thousand infections would be the toll of the viral disease in 2023 with hospitals struggling to treat an increasing number of patients. Dengue is very common in South Asia from June to September and causes severe bone and muscle pain. To report changing the subject but remaining on salutary issues the disastrous health situation in Gaza City and in general throughout the Gaza Strip due to a conflict that has practically lasted for decades without any solutions being sought. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 16, 2023 n°: 5495 Climate crisis is also detrimental to health The naturalistic climate crisis and that related to human health should not be assessed separately, at least in the opinion of more than two hundred medical journals that warn international health organizations of the potential significant danger (to be declared as a global emergency) to human health for climate change and biodiversity loss. Among the factors to be taken into account as intertwined are rising temperatures, extreme events and the decline of wild species; in fact, for example, in the latter case tens of thousands of species have been forced into close contact due to the exploitation of human territory, increasing the exchange of pathogens with the risk of the onset of new diseases. Global warming must be stopped at an average of one and a half degrees of increase before the damage becomes irreversible. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 26, 2023 n°: 5478 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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