Notices by Dr Alex 🩺🚼 (alexped@mastodon.uno), page 2

Sun….. sea… bike ….. (almost) perfect!

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Action needed to tackle #HPV hotspot

“Europe aims to eliminate cervical cancer by improving HPV vaccination and screening. Local campaigns are ramping up in Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia”

https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/action-needed-to-tackle-hpv-hotspots/

How #measles was eliminated and then came back

📌 measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is 97% effective, so why are we seeing so many outbreaks?

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=x_ZbG3zllNM

Human Papillomavirus (#HPV) Vaccine Coverage and Confidence in Italy 🇮🇹

📌 Within the 🇪🇺, cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer following breast cancer among women aged 15 to 44.

📌 Each year, around 33,000 cases of cervical cancer are reported in the 🇪🇺, leading to approximately 15,000 fatalities

📌 🇮🇹 experiences approximately 3500 new cases and 1500 deaths annually

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/2/187

👉 #ZeroTolerance 😡

Female genital #mutilation

📌 Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful [horrible 🤬] practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons, with different levels of severity, the most radical of which is commonly called infibulation

📌 Every year an estimated 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing FGM the majority of whom before they turn 15 years old

https://www.who.int/health-topics/female-genital-mutilation#tab=tab_2

#Covid, nuovo #vaccino nasale in fase sperimentale

📌vaccino a subunità proteica, formato da nanoparticelle contenenti una porzione della proteina spike in associazione ad una proteina batterica che agisce come adiuvante

1️⃣ si può conservare a temperatura ambiente

2️⃣estremamente efficace nel prevenire non solo le complicazioni della malattia, ma le stesse infezioni visto che agisce sulle mucose e impedisce al virus di entrare nel nostro organismo

https://www.repubblica.it/salute/dossier/vaccini/2023/12/13/news/vaccino_nasale_covid_19-421634733/

#WHO: Surge in Respiratory Infections in China Not Due to New Pathogens

📌 Respiratory illnesses—including #Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia, respiratory syncytial virus (#RSV), and #influenza—have been on the rise among children in China

📌The increase in illnesses tracks with the relatively recent lifting of COVID19 restrictions in China, similar to last winter’s surge in RSV cases in the US stemming from what some experts called an “immunity debt.”

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2813159?guestAccessKey=0005ea83-b440-4504-95d6-41bfbe2bad99&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=121323&adv=000001935867

Continued Progress in the Development of Safe and Effective #RSV Immunizations

📌 Before 2023, there were no immunizing tools to protect older adults and all infants from illness due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

📌 In 2023, two RSV vaccines for older adults, one of which is also approved for use in pregnant persons, and a long-acting monoclonal antibody to protect infants and some toddlers up to 19 months of age were approved by FDA and recommended by the ACIP

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMe2311862?articleTools=true

The Long Quest for a #Universal #Flu #Vaccine Finally Takes Its First Steps

📌 The search for a shot that could protect us against many strains—and maybe a pandemic—is notching achievements at last. But the flu’s endless mutation and our own biology stand in the way

https://www.wired.com/story/the-long-quest-for-a-universal-flu-vaccine-finally-takes-its-first-steps/

Novel insect-based #child #nutrition: the position of the nutritional committee of the Italian 🇮🇹 society of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition (SIGENP)

📌 The four approved insect-based NFs are:

1️⃣ Dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva)

2️⃣ Frozen and dried Locust (Locusta migratoria) formulations

3️⃣ Frozen and dried whole Cricket (Acheta domesticus) formulations

4️⃣ Partially defatted Cricket (Acheta domesticus) powder

https://ijponline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13052-023-01565-x

How toxic air is affecting mental health in #Rome

📌 Study explores link between higher particle pollution and conditions such as anxiety disorders and depression

“Recent studies have linked air pollution to the development of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, and psychotic episodes. However, all these associations have been mainly investigated in small groups, making their results challenging to generalise.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/01/toxic-air-particle-pollution-mental-health-rome-study

14 Nov - World Diabetes Day
📌 1 in 10 adults worldwide have diabetes. Over 90% have type 2 diabetes. Close to half are not yet diagnosed. In many cases, type 2 diabetes and its complications can be delayed or prevented by adopting and maintaining healthy habits. Knowing your risk and what to do is important to support prevention, early diagnosis and timely treatment.

https://worlddiabetesday.org/

@tessarakt Vaccinating the girls is already a good achievement (but of course it’s not enough! )

👉 not just bad news from the 🌎

Nigeria targets almost 8 million girls with #HPV #vaccine

📌 Nigeria is to introduce the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into the country's routine immunisation schedule in what has been described as a “monumental and necessary step” towards the prevention of cervical cancer

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02450-9/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email

‘ European experts: new COVID-19 and flu vaccines a priority for older people, pregnant women, people who are immunocompromised or living with chronic illnesses’

📌The first RSV vaccines were approved in Europe this summer

📌COVID-19 and flu campaigns to focus on high-risk groups

📌Data supports co-administration of COVID-19 and flu vaccine

📌Rates of flu-like illness are rising

📌European officials want better disease surveillance and data sharing

https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/could-new-rsv-vaccines-ease-winter-pressure-on-hospitals/

Influenza: attesi 5 milioni di casi e 10 milioni di virus "cugini". Ma c'è anche il #Covid

📌 Pregliasco: "Tamponi e vaccini per affrontare l'autunno"

📌 influenza, virus sinciziale respiratorio e Covid metteranno le persone vulnerabili a rischio di malattie gravi e di morte, con una maggiore pressione sull'assistenza sanitaria

📌 "Il Covid non si distingue perché è trasversale nelle sue manifestazioni….per una conferma definitiva è consigliabile effettuare un tampone"

https://www.repubblica.it/salute/2023/09/26/news/covid_influenza_vaccini-415849179/?rss

almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air

📌 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year

📌The worst hit country in Europe is North Macedonia.

📌 Eastern Europe is significantly worse than western Europe, apart from Italy 🇮🇹, where more than a third of those living in the Po valley and surrounding areas in the north of the country breath air that is four times the WHO figure for the most dangerous airborne particulates.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/revealed-almost-everyone-in-europe-breathing-toxic-air