vaccination
A British couple in England’s West Midlands almost lost their child last Christmas when their baby, Ezra, contracted measles. Ezra developed a high temperature and rashes appeared on his body. "It was quite traumatic," said Ezra’s Mother Davina Barrett. "The rash started off on his torso and spread throughout his whole body and that's when we knew something was wrong and it was more than a cough and cold. So we took him to A&E [the emergency department]," Barrett added. Measles resurgence: UK authorities urge parents to vaccinate children amid rise in casesEzra was too young to get the measles...
Euronews (English)
Although there has a been a dramatic decrease in mortality and arising from vaccine preventable diseases, the director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Andrea Ammon, today (22 April) warned that they continue to circulate, and are "inflicting suffering in those unprotected or especially vulnerable of all ages”. The number of measles cases began to rise in 2023 across the European Union. Between March 2023 and the end of February 2024, at least 5770 measles cases and five deaths have been reported. Due to its easy spread, one sick person can infect between 12 to 18 oth...
Euronews (English)
The Czech authorities reported that there were 28 registered cases of whooping cough in the first week of January. That figure now stands at 3,084 – a number not seen since 1963. The highest rate of the illness is among 15 to 19-year-olds, who account for about one-third of the patients. According to Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Válek, the surge is likely attributable to a mix of a resurgence in respiratory diseases as society shifts away from stringent Covid measures, and incomplete immunization among children. Whooping cough is a highly infectious bacterial disease that affects the lungs ...
Euronews (English)
C'est une maladie qui fait un retour inquiétant en République tchèque. Depuis le début de l'année, près de 3100 cas de coqueluche ont été diagnostiqués dans le pays, dont 827 rien que la semaine dernière, un record depuis 1963. Le taux de contamination le plus élevé se trouve chez les jeunes, entre 15 à 19 ans, qui représentent environ un tiers des patients. Les experts estiment que cela pourrait être lié à un changement de vaccin et à une diminution de la vaccination. "C'est une maladie respiratoire courante, mais elle a disparu grâce à la vaccination des enfants. Maintenant que le taux de va...
Euronews (French)
Selon une étude publiée dans la revue Lancet Infectious Diseases, un Allemand vacciné 217 fois contre le coronavirus, au cours des 29 derniers mois, n'aurait présenté aucun effet secondaire. Cet homme de 62 ans n'a montré aucun signe d'infection par le virus responsable du Covid-19. Selon des chercheurs de l'université d'Erlangen-Nuremberg, l'homme, originaire de Magdebourg en Allemagne, a confié s'être fait multivacciner pour des "raisons personnelles". Les chercheurs ont contacté l'homme après avoir entendu parler de lui dans la presse et lui ont demandé s'ils pouvaient entreprendre des test...
Euronews (French)
A German man who was vaccinated against coronavirus 217 times in the last 29 months has reportedly shown no side-effects, according to a study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The 62-year-old showed no sign of being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. The man, from Magdeburg in Germany, said he was vaccinated so many times for "personal reasons" according to researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Researchers contacted the man after hearing about him from a newspaper and asked if they could undertake tests to examine his body's response to the multi...
Euronews (English)
Doctors in the UK are urging parents to get their babies vaccinated against measles, amid an "alarming rise" in cases. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there was a 30-fold increase in cases of measles across Europe from 941 cases in 2022 to 30,000 cases in 2023. The increase in the number of cases is compounded by the hospitalisation of 21,000 people and five measles-related deaths. In England, there have been 245 confirmed cases of measles this year, with 71 per cent in the West Midlands and 13 per cent in London. The National Health Service (NHS) in England says more than 3....
Euronews (English)
By Mohammed Kudrati A fake message claiming that the government is giving Rs 5000 to all the citizens who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus is viral on social media. The message falsely claims that the money is being given through the Prime Minister's Jankalyan Yojana and also features a fake website portraying itself to be the portal through which the amount is dispatched after the personal details are entered. The website purports to show that beneficiaries will get ₹5,000 once they fill the form which is valid till August 30. BOOM found no evidence of the government having a sche...
BOOM Live
By The Conversation The first case of polio in the U.S. since 2013 was announced by New York state health officials on July 21, 2022. The U.S. resident had not been vaccinated. Polio was a common cause of paralysis in children before safe and effective vaccines were invented in the mid-20th century. Thanks to global vaccination campaigns, polio is now almost eradicated, with only 13 cases of endemic wild poliovirus reported in 2022 to date worldwide. The New York patient reportedly contracted a form of polio that can be traced back to the live, but weakened, poliovirus used in the oral polio v...
BOOM Live
The three-week campaign aims to reach all children between 15 months and 15 years to quickly achieve wider protection from the disease N Ahmad Nepal has decided to immunize 7.5 million children against typhoid this year, a move that is drawing praise from across the world with experts saying the country has maintained its pre-pandemic routine vaccination levels. “Nepal has maintained its pre-pandemic routine vaccination levels, 82%, while reaching 83% of COVID vaccination coverage for 12+ population. How? Investing in Primary Health Care and supporting female community volunteers,” tweeted Pal...
Health Analytics
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら