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Emergency, medical coordinator in Kabul: "Emergency is not in Afghanistan to judge"
Zanin: "Emergency is not in Afghanistan to judge, we are not interested in good or bad people, we do not ask people who come to the hospital why they have been injured, we are not interested, our job is to get them out alive"
WHO: "Only 3.6% of people in Africa are immunised, third doses in rich countries are enough”
The WHO regional director for Africa denounces: "Additional doses to those already vaccinated are political decisions that take precedence over scientific knowledge"
Covid in Italy, Red Cross free swabs project ends in railway stations
The Italian Red Cross project for free swabs closes today, Thursday 30 September, as scheduled
Italy / Ministry of Health gives green light for third dose for elderly people, RSAs and health…
Italy / Third dose to the elderly, nursing homes and health workers: as a 'booster' dose will be used any of the two m-RNA vaccines authorised in Italy (BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna)
Awake prone positioning to prevent intubation or death in Covid patients: study in The Lancet…
A concise critical appraisal reviews an article in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine that investigated the effectiveness of awake prone positioning to prevent intubation or death in patients with severe COVID-19
R.D.C., MSF: deadly typhoid outbreak under control in Popokabaka
Typhus outbreak in DR Congo: nestled in the hills at the confluence of three rivers, the health zone of Popokabaka, nearly 400 kilometres southeast of Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been the centre of an…
Brazil: four states and the Federal District surpass the historical average of forest fires
Forest fires in Brazil: according to data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) the cause is mostly human, but there is a direct aggravation caused by the drought
EU-US agreement: "Vaccinate 70% of the global population by 2022"
The goal of the EU-US agreement, signed by von der Leyen and Biden, is to achieve a 70% global vaccination rate by the UN General Assembly in 2022
Percutaneous discectomy for herniated discs
A herniated disc is an often disabling condition. A solution may come from percutaneous discectomy, a minimally invasive procedure
Paediatrics / Pfizer: 'Vaccine is safe and well-tolerated by children aged 5-11'
Pfizer announces results of tests on children. If the drug is approved by the FDA, it will be administered to US children as early as the end of October