Notices by Dr Alex 🩺🚼 (alexped@mastodon.uno)

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#polio #vaccineswork

@salute

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Terrazza dell’Infinito - Villa Cimbrone
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Our immune system weaken with age - what does this mean for vaccination?

As we age, our immune systems decline naturally. The process, known as ‘immunosenescence’, typically accelerates from the age of 50 onwards, making older people more susceptible to infectious diseases. It can even reduce their immune response to vaccines.

https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/our-immune-systems-weaken-with-age-what-does-this-mean-for-vaccination/

When should children have their #measles #vaccines?

From January 2026, the UK will offer the second dose of measles vaccine at the age of 18 months instead of at the age of three or four. The first dose will continue to be given at 12 months.

The move is inspired by research showing better vaccine uptake when the second dose of measles vaccine is offered earlier. France takes a similar approach, but there are a variety of schedules across Europe.

https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/when-should-children-have-their-measles-vaccines/

#Covid 🇮🇹, avanza la variante "Stratus": tornano i 'vecchi' sintomi

📌La variante che oggi va per maggiore, siamo già oltre il 50% di presenza nei contagi, è XFG o 'Stratus'

📌Agli over 60-70 è consigliata per l'autunno la doppia vaccinazione antinfluenzale e anti-Covid

https://www.dottnet.it/articolo/32540215/covid-italia-avanza-la-variante-stratus-tornano-i-vecchi-sintomi

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Colorful (not) clouds over the sea

What to Know About the New #COVID-19 #Variant NB.1.8.1

📌 It's still part of the Omicron family, which means that current vaccines and immunity from recent infections should provide some protection against serious disease

📌 Vaccination can increase the chances to avoid severe disease, since the current vaccine still protects against viruses related to NB.1.8.1. That’s especially true for people at higher risk, including older people and those with weakened immune systems
https://time.com/7289133/new-covid-variant-nb-181/

What the New ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Says About #Children’s #Health

📌 The report comes amid drastic cuts to or eliminations of many government programs working to solve some of these issues. Layoffs decimated the chronic disease prevention center at the 🇺🇸 CDC and the Trump Administration cut a program that brought food to schools from local farms ...

👉 Mah.....

https://time.com/7288175/make-america-healthy-again-commission-report-childrens-health/

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Adriatic Sea 🏄

Il direttore dell’OMS: “Da #Hiv a #vaccinazioni, con taglio fondi Usa stop assistenza e a rischio 20 anni di progressi”

“ L’amministrazione 🇺🇸 è stata estremamente generosa per molti anni e, naturalmente, è nel suo diritto decidere cosa sostenere e in quale misura.

Ma gli Stati Uniti hanno anche la responsabilità di garantire che chi ritira i finanziamenti diretti ai paesi, lo faccia in modo ordinato e umano, che consenta di trovare fonti di finanziamento alternative”.

https://www.quotidianosanita.it/cronache/articolo.php?articolo_id=128435

#Measles highest in 25 years in Europe, WHO says

📌The number of cases in the European region doubled last year to reach the highest level in 25 years

📌 Children under the age of five accounted for more than 40% of the cases reported in Europe and central Asia.

📌"Measles is back, and it's a wake-up call, without high vaccination rates, there is no health security."

👉 The MMR vaccine ( measles, mumps and rubella )is 97% effective in fighting off the dangerous virus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9dyp8e81zo

«But can measles be deadly?»
«Naaaaaaa!» Robert J said: «Only the chemtrails»

#VaccineSaveLives

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/new-mexico-measles

#Mpox. Ecco a chi sarà offerto il vaccino

https://www.ilfarmacistaonline.it/governo-parlamento/articolo.php?articolo_id=127618

La circolare del Ministero Salute ( https://www.quotidianosanita.it/allegati/allegato1739209220.pdf )

Selected microwave irradiation effectively inactivates airborne avian influenza A(#H5N1) virus

👉 “This commonality could pave the way for the development of broadly applicable disinfection protocols. While further research is needed to address limitations and explore real-world applications, this non-thermal microwave approach shows promise as a novel strategy for mitigating the spread of airborne viral pathogens, including the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85376-6

The 🇺🇸 withdrawal from the #WHO: a global health crisis in the making

A major blow to global health

“For decades, WHO has stood as a beacon of international cooperation, coordinating outbreak responses, fostering scientific exchange, setting norms, and providing invaluable technical assistance. The benefits of membership are immense, including disease surveillance, health system strengthening, and health diplomacy…”

https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r116.short?rss=1

#GoodEvening 🥂🌹 #UnoRadio 📻

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Photograph - Ed Sheeran

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KKQl-pIRQMY

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L’orizzonte
(sottotitolo: pioverà?)

JAMA Patient Page

What Is #Allergic #Rhinitis ?

#Mpox Clinical Presentation, Diagnostic Approaches, and Treatment Strategies

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2825027

What an #HPV Diagnosis Really Means

📌 …approximately 80% of people are infected with it at some point in their lives. The majority clear it and probably never even know they had it. Even among those for whom the virus doesn’t go away on its own, the majority don’t go on to get cancer

📌 There are > 300 types of HPV. The highest-risk types are HPV 16 and 18, responsible for the vast majority of HPV-related cancers (cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, anus, and head and neck)

https://time.com/7176632/what-does-hpv-diagnosis-mean-sti/