Nationally, #H5N1 has been found in 4 🦙 alpacas in Idaho, 2 dead feral 🐈 cats in New Mexico and 67 dairy 🐄 herds across nine states. With more animal to animal transmission, two recent human cases in the U.S. and a potential mortality rate of 50%, we need to ramp up surveillance efforts…
Malaysian Ministry of #ForeignAffairs in a press statement issued in Putrajaya, on Monday, May 20, 2024, said that it was aware &deeply concerned about the safety of the stranded Malaysian medical team from the #MercyMalaysia#Emergency#Medical Team. They are part of the #WorldHealthOrganization#WHO medical delegation to Rafah.
Em 9 comunidades #Yanomami, 94% dos indígenas têm alto nível de contaminação por mercúrio
"(...) o novo estudo comprova ainda mais a contaminação dos povos indígenas pelo metal [mercúrio] e reforça que o #garimpo ilegal é o principal causador das mortes e doenças que assolam os Yanomami."
The study, carried out in October 2022, found 100 percent of participants were contaminated with the toxic metal, including 84 percent with levels above the limit recommended by the #WorldHealthOrganization, two micrograms per gram of hair.
Another 10.8 percent had mercury levels above six micrograms per gram of hair, which requires special medical attention.
The World Health Organization, WHO, has established CoViNet, a new network dedicated to identifying, monitoring, and evaluating SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, and emerging coronaviruses that pose serious public health risks.
New research found that >10% of countries & territories met #WorldHealthOrganization guidelines for particulate matter #pollution last year.
Only 10 countries & territories out of 134 achieved the #WHO’s standards for a pervasive form of #AirPollution last year, acc/to #AirQuality data compiled by IQAir, a Swiss company.
The #WorldHealthOrganization sets a guideline that people shouldn’t breathe more than 5 micrograms of #FineParticulateMatter per cubic meter of #air, on average, throughout a year. The #UnitedStates#EPA recently proposed tightening its standard from 12 to 9 micrograms per cubic meter.