Aumento de casos de #psitacosis en el marco del estudio de #neumonías agudas graves en #Argentina
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argentina.gob.ar/noticias/se-ve…

Escleroterapia

#Medicina #MedEdX

Risk of death following chikungunya virus disease in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort, 2015–18: #Chikungunya infection linked to higher death risk for 84 days after symptoms, including heart & diabetic complications.
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doi.org/10.1016/S1473-… thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
#Brazil

Infectious diseases still a major health burden globally:
caused 704 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, a 27.7% of global health burden
✔️Children < 5 hit hardest
✔️Sub-Saharan Africa, the heaviest burden
Top 3 pathogens: TB, Malaria, HIV
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doi.org/10.1016/S1473-…

Misinfo not new!

Social histories of public health misinformation & infodemics: Review shows health myths as old as pandemics (ie, smallpox, cholera, 1918 influenza, & HIV)
New solutions needed to manage info ecosystems
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doi.org/10.1016/S1473-…

#PublicHealth #HistoryofScience

#Oropouche #virus infections are often under-reported or mistaken for #dengue fever cases in situations where
the diagnostic laboratory is unable to distinguish them and only clinical criteria can be used
Oropouche fever cases rise to 55 in Bahia, #Brazil
trbn.com.br/materia/I10455…

Brote de #meningitis de etiología aun no conocida en comunidades indígenas del Delta Amacuro, #Venezuela : al menos unos 15 fallecidos (13 niños) de un centenar de enfermos

Gobernadora de Delta Amacuro: Todavía se desconoce por qué murieron 13 niños warao talcualdigital.com/gobernadora-de…

#Dengue in #Americas :
✔️Countries in the southern hemisphere have been the hardest hit so far
✔️Cases topping 5.2 million, surpassing a yearly record set in 2023
✔️ #Brazil accounting for a majority of the cases
✔️In #Peru , > 155 000 cases, & 146 died

cnn.com/2024/04/19/ame…

#Inundación #emocional :
✔️La respuesta desmesurada del sistema nervioso ante un estímulo emocional intenso
✔️Si se experimenta con frecuencia, es importante buscar ayuda profesional.