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Alta interferencia de industria tabacalera en políticas de la región

Fuente: SciDev En la mayoría de los países de América Latina aumentó la interferencia de la industria tabacalera en las políticas para reducir el consumo de cigarros, dispositivos electrónicos y...

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Primera vacuna contra chikungunya aprobada en EE. UU.

Fuente: SciDev Por: Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade [SÃO PAULO] La agencia reguladora de medicamentos y alimentos de Estados Unidos (FDA) aprobó en 9 de noviembre la primera vacuna contra el virus...

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Combatir la desigualdad para prevenir el cáncer

Fuente: SciDev Con 17 acciones concretas para prevenir el cáncer, basadas en evidencia científica y adaptadas al contexto regional, las organizaciones Mundial y Panamericana de la Salud (OMS y OPS)...

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Murder, Money and the Battle for a Pharmaceutical Empire

Source: Bloomberg The call came in to the Toronto police homicide squad on a chilly December afternoon. A man and woman had been found dead at a home in an upmarket suburban neighborhood, posed in a...

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Estrés por calor ocupacional, un peligro que recorre Centroamérica

Estrés por calor ocupacional, un peligro que recorre Centroamérica Fuente: SciDev [BOGOTÁ] En la década de 1990 surgieron reportes y noticias sobre una enfermedad renal crónica desconocida que estaba...

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América Latina, inundada de productos sin azúcar, pero con edulcorantes

Fuente: SciDev Al tiempo que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) alertó recientemente sobre los posibles daños de los edulcorantes a la salud y la falta de evidencia sobre su uso para bajar de...

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Student engagement in online learning in Latin American higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

Source: Bera Journals Online Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions to implement online learning activities based on virtual platforms, allowing little time to...

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G20 pledges US $ 60 bn to help poorest countries recover from COVID-19

Source: MercoPress Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) of the G20 countries Friday agreed on the need to allocate US $ 60 billion to COVID-19 recovery efforts in the world's poorest...

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COVID-19 Isn’t Going Anywhere — And Americans Know It

Source: New York TImes   The idea that Americans are tired of the pandemic has become conventional wisdom, with important policy implications. Democratic governors in blue states like New Jersey and...

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California first state to approach COVID-19 as endemic, not pandemic: "We will work to live with this virus"

Source: CBS California became the first state to formally shift to an "endemic" approach to the coronavirus with Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Thursday of a plan that emphasizes...

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Paraguay greenlights use of Taiwanese COVID-19 vaccine

Source: MercoPress   Paraguayan health authorities Monday issued an emergency clearance for the use of the Taiwanese-developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine, it was announced. The National Directorate of...

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COVID-19 takes serious toll on heart health—a full year after recovery

Source: Science From very early in the pandemic, it was clear that SARS-CoV-2 can damage the heart and blood vessels while people are acutely ill. Patients developed clots, heart inflammation,...

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Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case

Source: Nature   Even a mild case of COVID-19 can increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular problems for at least a year after diagnosis, a new study1 shows. Researchers found that rates of many...

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Bolivia confirma el descenso de casos de coronavirus y da por superado el pico de la cuarta ola

Fuente: El Diario   Bolivia ha reportado un 46% de disminución de contagios de COVID-19 respecto a la pasada semana, por lo las autoridades calculan que ha pasado ya el pico de casos de la cuarta ola...

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COVID-19 not the only infectious threat in Argentina

Source: MercoPress   Argentine vacationers can catch diseases other than COVID-19, which can even bring on worse symptoms, it was reported after the Health Ministry announced it had detected...

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Does Omicron hit kids harder? Scientists are trying to find out

Source: Nature As the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant has swept the globe in the past two months, millions of people have been hospitalized. Children have been no exception, and, in...

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Agua y sistemas alimentarios: claves en un mundo pospandemia

Fuente: SciDev     Los impactos causados por la pandemia sobre la producción y distribución de alimentos, especialmente durante el primer año, han afectado los caudales de circulación del “agua...

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Harvard Study Finds Link Between Fracking and Premature Deaths

Source: Gizmodo   We know for a fact that fracking sucks for people and literally poisons the area where it occurs. So many of us have seen terrifying videos of rivers and other bodies of water on...

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Omicron's molecular structure could help explain its global takeover

Source: Nature   After it was first detected in South Africa last November, Omicron spread around the globe faster than any previous variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, readily infecting even...

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Where did Omicron come from? Three key theories

Source: Nature   Little more than two months after it was first spotted in South Africa, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has spread around the world faster than any previous...

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COVID-19 hospitalizations pushing Brazil's health system to its limits

Source: MercoPress   Brazil's National Council of Secretaries of Health (Conass) Wednesday reported that intensive care units (ICUs) at eight States were full up to over 80% of their capacity with...

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Why scientists are racing to develop more COVID antivirals

Source: Nature A pharmacist stocks shelves with Pfizer's oral pills against COVID-19, Paxlovid, in Seoul, South Kora Pharmacy shelves worldwide are being stocked with COVID-19 antivirals Paxlovid...

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Certificados de vacunación y PCR falsos: el lucrativo negocio que a menudo esconde un timo

Fuente: El Pais   A Andrea (nombre ficticio) le surgió un trabajo de bailarina en el extranjero el pasado octubre. No tenía la pauta de vacunación completa, según cuenta porque había pasado...

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First case of flurona in Argentina spotted in Santa Fe

Source: MercoPress   Health officials in the Argentine province of Santa Fe Thursday confirmed the first case of flurona (inFLUenza + coRONAvirus) had been detected in the country in a 3-year-old boy...

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Half of internet-connected devices in hospitals are vulnerable to hacks, report finds

Source: The Verge   Over half of internet-connected devices used in hospitals have a vulnerability that could put patient safety, confidential data, or the usability of a device at risk, according to...

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