The Extremadura Health Service (SES) has reported a new case of West Nile fever in the community. It is a 57-year-old man, a resident of Don Benito and assigned to the Don Benito-Villanueva Health Area, who "has not required hospitalization".With this positive case, there are now four confirmed cases of...
Andalusia has raised the total of human cases of West Nile fever detected so far in 2026 to 34, after the Ministry of the Presidency, Health and Emergencies reported three new positives this Thursday, all in the province of Seville and one classified as neuroinvasive disease.In detail, the new infections,...
Andalusia already counts 31 human cases of West Nile fever so far in 2026, after the Ministry of the Presidency, Health and Emergencies reported this Wednesday two new infections, both located in the province of Seville.According to the latest update released by the Junta de Andalucía, consulted by Europa Press,...
The Ministry of Health currently has under control four more contacts of the Franco-Argentine citizen affected by hantavirus Andes. With these new cases, the total number of people considered close contacts rises to six, according to the latest report from the Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES). The...
The authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo updated on Monday the balance of the Ebola outbreak, the most severe recorded so far in the country, and place the number of deceased at 1,960 and the confirmed cases at 4,294, according to the latest evening report from the Public...
The Official State Bulletin (BOE) has disseminated the Order of the Ministry of Health that initiates the procedure to appoint the National Reference Laboratories in Public Health (LNR-SP) in the areas of arboviruses, measles, rubella, and tuberculosis.As indicated by the regulation, these laboratories will aim to strengthen diagnostic capabilities, advanced...
The largest Ebola outbreak recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused, since it was declared in mid-May, 1,916 deaths and 4,209 confirmed infections. This is stated in the latest evening report from the Congolese Public Health Institute, which includes data up to last Friday and...
The largest recorded Ebola outbreak to date in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused a total of 1,850 deaths and 4,053 confirmed infections since it was declared in mid-May, according to the most recent balance released by the country's Public Health Institute.The World Health Organization warned late last...
The general director of the National Association of Environmental Health Companies (ANECPLA), Manuel García Howlett, has emphasized that "the best tool" against infection from the bite of the mosquito that transmits the West Nile Virus "remains prevention." For this reason, he insists on adopting measures in the domestic environment, including...
A team of specialists from the HM Hospitales Research Foundation (FiHM) has conducted a study in which it identifies a "window of opportunity to reverse childhood obesity," located between the ages of two and five."This work demonstrates that the age at which we act is decisive," pointed out its president,...
The Minister of Health, Mónica García, expressed this Thursday her hope that the reform of the Framework Statute reaches the Congress of Deputies to be discussed and amended by the different parliamentary groups, following the procedure of any other law, and that it can ultimately move forward as a "country...
The joint application of measures such as increasing taxes on alcohol, prohibiting its sale on Sundays, and limiting advertising at the national level could prevent up to 9,220 cancer diagnoses in the European Union, according to a study prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO).The study, published in "The Lancet...
The Spanish Society of Clinical, Family, and Community Pharmacy (SEFAC) has highlighted the "key role" that community pharmacists play "in prevention, health education, continuity of treatments, and early detection of warning signs" in light of the fires recorded in recent days.SEFAC reminds that "wildfires and other extreme environmental phenomena constitute...
The Ministry of Health has initiated the process of prior public consultation for the approval of the Draft Royal Decree on international vaccination, with which it aims to establish an updated and coherent regulatory framework throughout the country.Thus, citizens, organizations, and associations that wish to do so may submit their...
The General Directorate of Public Health and Pharmaceutical Management of the Ministry of Presidency, Health and Emergencies of the Junta de Andalucía has confirmed a new case of West Nile fever (WNF) in humans, the third reported this Friday. It corresponds to a man living in Bollullos de la Mitación...
The Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI) has requested that a state-wide plan be consolidated against fires and associated smoke, which continues the first specific guide disseminated by the Ministry of Health, to address episodes that already constitute a "public health problem," which is why it calls for strengthening the...
The Health Department has launched the project "Entomological Surveillance Asturias," an innovative initiative aimed at identifying the ticks present in the Principality and deepening the understanding of the species that inhabit the community, as well as the microorganisms that they can transmit to humans.The Principality explains that this preventive action...
The first vice president of the Board and counselor of Presidency, Health and Emergencies, Antonio Sanz, alerted this Wednesday the 29th about the "growing incidence" of West Nile fever cases in Andalusia, after the total number of affected individuals in Seville has risen to six following the confirmation of the...
The Spanish Association of Vaccinology (AEV) has welcomed "positively" the announcement of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, by which it has been confirmed that the State Agency for Public Health (AESAP) will have its headquarters in Zaragoza, although it has demanded "to resolve the outstanding issues for its...
The Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE) has applauded that the State Agency for Public Health (AESAP) now has a definitive headquarters after the election of Zaragoza, announced by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, a milestone that it considers "a step forward, but does not overlook the need to...
The president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, has met with the councilors of Health, Marciano Gómez, and Social Services, Family and Childhood, Elena Albalat, in order to plan the staggered return of the people evacuated due to the fire in Vall d'Uixó both to their homes and to the...
The Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (SESPAS) has welcomed "positively" the announcement made this Tuesday by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, that Zaragoza will be the headquarters of the State Agency for Public Health (AESAP), although it has warned that the true success of the...
The Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (SESPAS) demands a stable fire prevention strategy, well-coordinated, based on scientific evidence, with multi-year funding and that places public health as the central axis of the institutional response. According to provisional data from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic...
The Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP), through its Committee for Health Promotion (CPS), and the Spanish Society of Adolescent Medicine (SEMA) have welcomed the recent report from the group of experts of the European Commission aimed at strengthening child safety in the digital world, although they emphasize that it should...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the planet is still not adequately on track to eliminate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as threats to public health by 2030, a commitment made by member states.This warning is included in an evaluation report...