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US, Amazon shuts down the corporate telemedicine service Amazon Care: the business model did not…
USA, Amazon will close its corporate telemedicine service Amazon Care on 31 December 2022. According to Neil Lindsey, head of Amazon Health Services, the project's business model did not work because the service itself was not comprehensive…
Congenital heart disease, a new technology for pulmonary valve prostheses: they are self-expanding…
The Bambino Gesù is the European leader in the use of trans-catheter self-expanding pulmonary valve prostheses to treat congenital heart disease
Covids, variants and sub-variants: what is a bivalent vaccine?
The next step of the COVID-19 booster rollout will involve a “bivalent” vaccine that targets the ever-evolving Omicron variant. The vaccine isn’t here yet, but will likely be available in the fall
22 August, anniversary of the first Geneva Convention: the words of Red Cross President Francesco…
First Geneva Convention: 'Today we celebrate a milestone in the birth of our Movement and of modern humanitarianism'
US study: Omicron positives emit five times more virus
US study on Omicron positivity: 'Sars-CoV-2 could produce even more infectious variants'
Covid, UK green light for Moderna bivalent vaccine that also counteracts Omicron
Bivalent vaccine against Covid: the country is the first to approve Moderna's drug which tackles both the original Wuhan strain and the first variant of Omicron and will be part of the autumn booster campaign
UN: more than 140 aid workers killed in 2021 as crises soar worldwide
Last year more than 460 aid workers were victims of attacks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today, ahead of this year’s World Humanitarian Day (19 August)
WHO: healthy life expectancy in Africa rises by almost ten years
WHO about Africa: healthy life expectancy in the African region has increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019, a World Health Organization (WHO) assessment reports
Monkeypox infection boom in Spain, 17,509 cases across Europe
Monkeypox: 17,897 cases have been identified up to 9 August in 41 countries and areas throughout the WHO European region. In Italy there are 599
What Is Intubation and Why Is It Needed? Insertion of a tube to protect the airway
Intubation is the process of inserting a tube called an endotracheal tube (ET) into the mouth or nose and then into the airway (trachea) to hold it open