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Childhood tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe

The 2025 Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring report, released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe shows…

Fluoride in drinking water is associated with impaired childhood cognition

Elevated concentrations of fluoride can occur in well water, and in some countries, it is added to drinking water to counteract caries in the population. A study from Karolinska Institutet…

Intelligent fight: AI enhances cervical cancer detection

A cutting-edge article is paving the way for a transformation in cervical cancer screening, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance detection accuracy and efficiency. This pioneering research explores the application…

New hope in the fight against Hepatitis C: Broadly effective innovative vaccine design

Globally, approximately 58 million people are chronically infected with HCV, resulting in 290,000 annual deaths due to complications such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Although modern antiviral treatments achieve…

WHO announces first prequalification of a tuberculosis diagnostic test

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) called Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiotic…

Swedish research on antibiotic pollution becomes UN-declaration

In 2007, researchers at University of Gothenburg, Sweden published the first in a series of studies showing massive pollution with antibiotics from pharmaceutical factories in India. In connection with the…

Focolaio multinazionale di #mpox, ultimo rapporto OMS: nuovi casi e decessi

Il 38° rapporto sulla situazione dell’epidemia multinazionale di mpox, pubblicato il 28 settembre, fornisce un aggiornamento sulla situazione epidemiologica dell’mpox in Africa al 22 settembre 2024. I punti salienti includono:…

First phase of polio campaign concludes successfully in Gaza

Over 187 000 children under ten years of age were vaccinated with novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in central Gaza during the first phase of a two-round polio…

A TOR VERGATA NUOVO CORSO LAUREA VETERINARIA, RETTORE: ORGOGLIOSO

L’Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata è orgogliosa di annunciare l’apertura del Corso di Laurea in Medicina veterinaria, primo nella regione Lazio, attivo già per l’anno accademico 2024-2025. Questo…

EASL Congress 2024: Combating liver disease collectively #EASL24 #EASLnews #EASLCongress

Liver disease has become one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century, affecting over 1.5 billion individuals worldwide, claiming more than 2 million lives annually—equivalent to 4% of…