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New positive case of Ebola virus disease confirmed in Liberia

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Écrit par WHO | 01 Avril 2016

WHO statement 1 April 2016 - Lab results confirm a new case of Ebola virus disease in Liberia a 30-year-old woman who died yesterday afternoon while being transferred to a hospital in the capitol Monrovia.

Liberia’s Ministry of Health, WHO and partner agencies immediately sent a team to the community outside Monrovia where the woman lived and the clinic where she was being treated to...

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WHO coordinating vaccination of contacts to contain Ebola flare-up in Guinea

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Écrit par WHO | 01 Avril 2016

Hundreds of people who may have been in contact with 8 individuals infected with Ebola virus in Guinea’s southern prefectures of Nzérékoré and Macenta have been vaccinated with the experimental Ebola vaccine in a bid to contain the latest flare-up of Ebola.

WHO’s office in Guinea says more than 1,000 contacts have been identified and placed under medical observation. Nearly 800...

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Researchers reveal Zika virus structure, a critical advance in the development of treatments

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Écrit par Purdue University researchers | 01 Avril 2016

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A team led by Purdue University researchers is the first to determine the structure of the Zika virus, which reveals insights critical to the development of effective antiviral treatments and vaccines.

The team also identified regions within the Zika virus structure where it differs from other flaviviruses, the family of viruses to which Zika belongs that...

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Despite Substance Abuse Concerns, the US Opioid Market Will Hit $17.7 Billion by 2021, says GBI Research

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Écrit par GBI Research | 31 Mars 2016

NEW YORK, 31 March 2016 - The US market for opioids, which accounts for 70% of the global arena, will grow from $11 billion in 2014 to $17.7 billion by 2021, at a compound annual growth rate of 7%, according to business intelligence provider GBI Research.



The company’s CBR Pharma report* states that this increase will primarily be down to a rising prevalence of chronic pain among the...

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Urban health: major opportunities for improving global health outcomes, despite persistent health inequities

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Écrit par WHO | 31 Mars 2016

31 MARCH 2016 | KOBE | GENEVA – New data on the health of city-dwellers in almost 100 countries show that as the world’s urban population continues to grow, health inequities - especially between the richest and poorest urban populations - are a persistent challenge, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme...

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Is There a Link Between Oral Health and the Rate of Cognitive Decline?

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Écrit par Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 30 Mars 2016

Better oral hygiene and regular dental visits may play a role in slowing cognitive decline as people age, although evidence is not definitive enough to suggest that one causes the other. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, come from the first systematic review of studies focused on oral health and cognition—two important areas of research as the...

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Système de veille sanitaire SOS Médecins / Bulletin national d'information du 28 mars 2016

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Écrit par InVS | 30 Mars 2016

Synthèse

L’activité globale des associations SOS Médecins est en hausse chez les plus de 75 ans et stable ou en baisse pour les autres classes d'âges.

En semaine 12, les visites pour grippe/syndrome grippal sont en baisse par rapport à la semaine 11 (-16% tous âges confondus). Elles représentent 17 % de l'activité des associations (versus 20% en semaine 11).

Les visites pour...

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Bulletin hebdomadaire de surveillance de la grippe, publication au 29 mars 2016

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Écrit par InVS | 30 Mars 2016

altLes points clés

Epidémie grippale toujours très active
- Vigilance à maintenir, notamment pour les populations à risque
Passage du pic imminent au niveau national
Diminution de l'activité dans quelques régions
Epidémie sans signe apparent de gravité


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