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End of global mpox emergency declared International organizations have declared the end of the ten-month global monkeypox (mpox) emergency, a zoonosis that has led to confirmed cases in over a hundred countries; but the area of the world most affected by the virus seems to have been Europe, then there is talk of spread in some African countries where perhaps many infections have occurred under trace without being diagnosed. In July 2022 the multiplication of cases had worried leading to the global emergency with for example consequent vaccinations of the population most at risk. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on healthy issues the provocations advanced by some on the possible use of artificial intelligence to analyze the state of health of individuals connected to facial recognition and other parameters with questions about the reliability of these technologies. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 12, 2023 
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 End of Covid emergency without being out of it The declaration of the end of the Covid emergency by international organizations should not overlook a minimum of prudence especially for fragile people with weakened immune systems who could suffer serious consequences from a possible contagion since the SARS-CoV-2 virus still circulates and for example in Italy above the epidemic index (Rt higher than one and therefore in theory an infected person can spread the virus). Seven million victims officially declared in the world since the beginning of the pandemic with calculation systems sometimes questionable so that it is estimated over twenty million, then some say that we must prepare in the event of other pandemics by preparing in advance new vaccines as in the case of avian influenza which has already shown to have a high rate of pathogenicity and capable of the jump of species since it has infected mammals. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 06, 2023 n°: 5329 Reducing pesticide use in Europe The sale of pesticides on the market would remain high despite the really harmful effects on human health and biodiversity of the chemical components present in these products, so European authorities warn the member states of the union to reduce their use. There is talk of concern about the presence of pesticides beyond the threshold found in twenty-two percent of the monitored sites, in rivers and lakes in Europe in data collected in 2020. From 2020 to 2021 the sale of pesticides in the twenty-seven member states of the European Union has remained substantially stable at three hundred and fifty thousand tons per year, but for example the water crisis that lately affects vast areas of Europe could aggravate the problem since the presence of abundant water usually contributes to lowering the concentration of pollutants by diluting them and at the same time decreasing their toxicity. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 27, 2023 n°: 5322 New vaccines for humans and animals New vaccines are sought to avoid any epidemics in the event of the jump of species of avian influenza from birds to humans given the high rate of pathogenicity found lately in many countries with infections also in mammals that makes us fear that the virus is adapting to other animals. Meanwhile for example poultry vaccines have already been tested in the United States following the loss of fifty-eight million birds due to the worst wave of bird flu recorded in the country. To be noted; in addition, recent research that highlights the decline in confidence with vaccines globally partly caused by the Covid pandemic with consequent difficulty in delivering and administering doses, but also a decline in routine vaccines that in the case of children erodes that habit of parents to immunize their children exposing them to significant health dangers. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 22, 2023 n°: 5319 India most populous country in the world It is estimated that the population of India is over one million four hundred thousand individuals overtaking China and with forecasts of further growth since the country's family planning service finds it difficult to decrease the fertility percentage in order to support balanced economic growth (without considering aspects related to the protection of the ecosystem). Geography apparently plays a role with women in poorer parts of east India less likely to plan births and are also quite skeptical of using more modern methods. To report changing the subject but remaining on healthy issues the Marburg virus epidemic that is affecting Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania that worries since the number of infections monitored could be underestimated and the level of attention should be increased. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 14, 2023 n°: 5312 Covid vaccination plan for vulnerable people According to health authorities, the risk of contagion due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Europe remains quite high and to decrease the impact of hospitalization and death of vulnerable people, countries should plan a targeted vaccination campaign; especially frail elderly, individuals with comorbidities and compromised immune systems (in the latter cases regardless of age). It is assumed that the autumn season is the one with the greatest peaks of contagion in correspondence with the traditional flu season, at least for mathematical models that calculate that more than thirty-two percent of hospitalizations can be prevented with vaccines. Meanwhile for example in Italy the Covid transmissibility index has returned to the epidemic threshold and the level of attention for some regions rises, even if for the moment there is no talk of particular health problems. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 08, 2023 n°: 5307 Preventive antibiotics sometimes unhealthy A study carried out in a hospital in Norway from 2017 to 2021 on over two thousand hundred patients to verify the percentage of survival in patients with respiratory infections within thirty days through the administration of antibiotics would have shown that there are no substantial advantages and indeed this practice could develop so-called super-resistant pathogens, also considering that in some countries antibiotics were prescribed to about seventy percent of Covid-19 patients. These are data not yet published at the medical level, but given that the abuse of antibiotics is becoming a global threat since many microbes are now resistant to every available therapy it is evident that they could be useful to understand how even an exaggerated prevention and with drugs that should be administered only in carefully evaluated cases can be unhealthy. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Mar 27, 2023 n°: 5296 Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea The province of Kien-Ntem in Equatorial Guinea, on the border with Cameroon and Gabon, according to the health authorities would be at the origin of the epidemic of the Marburg hemorrhagic virus which has a percentage of death in patients affected almost like Ebola; seven victims to which perhaps another twenty suspected cases must be added. This virus is named after the German city of Marburg where it was identified in 1967 in patients (working in a laboratory) infected with monkeys from Uganda. Human-to-human transmission occurs with blood or other fluids and the percentage of death monitored in a previous wave of infections from twenty-four to eighty-eight percent depending also on viral load, strain of the virus and specific case under examination; then vaccines or antiviral treatments are not available even if is evaluate how to adapt therapies already available. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Mar 24, 2023 n°: 5293 Covid-19 seen by some as normal flu The Covid-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus according to the opinion of international health organizations is close to the point of being considered as a normal seasonal flu given the decline in cases of cases monitored in a month globally, but apparently in Europe they have not dropped significantly even if the situation has generally improved. For example in Italy in a week over twenty-three thousand infections (over one percent less than the previous one) with two hundred and twelve victims (almost two percent less than the previous one); so a possible infection is not to be underestimated especially for fragile people with weakened immune systems and in particular obese people. As for the total number of victims since the beginning of the pandemic in Italy, it is estimated over one hundred and eighty thousand, it is difficult to calculate how many are really attributable to Covid. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Mar 18, 2023 n°: 5288 Important to discover the origins of Covid-19 According to the opinions of international health organizations it would be important to find out what the real origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic and investigate all the hypotheses in order to be prepared in the event of other epidemics. Taking adequate measures to deal with the pandemic could probably have avoided one million three hundred thousand victims, then a large number of people in the world are forced to live with illnesses caused by the so-called "long covid" (up to having to limit their activities); so as always prevention remains the first therapeutic device. As for the use of masks while some say that they are still necessary others recommend them especially to fragile people while in countries like Japan where the population was already partly accustomed to wearing them it seems that it will remain a widespread use. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Mar 14, 2023 n°: 5284 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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