In Catalonia, there was a sustained reduction in bronchiolitis ED attendances and admissions for infants in the 2024–2025 season. However, no substantial reduction in bronchiolitis ED attendances or a...

Background This study aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses co-infections and analyse the value of Primary Care Centres (PCCs) as a sentinel network for...

Respiratory tract infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are one of the main causes of hospitalization in children. [1] In addition, RSV lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in ear...

Objective Severe dengue in children may present with a hyperinflammatory phenotype resembling cytokine storm or secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, characterised by refractory shock, hepati...

ECDC has warned that record breaking outbreaks of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and chikungunya virus disease point to a ‘new normal’ in Europe.

Nirsevimab had a clear impact in reducing attendances and admissions for infants with bronchiolitis aged <6 months in Catalonia. However, the impact on older infants was less clear.

Aida Perramon Malavez defended her thesis co-directed by Clara Prats Soler and Antoni Soriano Arandes on July 16, 2025 at the Baix Llobregat Campus. Titled "Respiratory viruses in childhood: surveilla...

A single dose of nirsevimab was effective in reducing visits to the ED for all-cause bronchiolitis by 55.4%.

After decades of unsuccessful efforts to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, the development of new vaccines and monoclonal antibodies has brought renewed optimism. As these tools are...

Nirsevimab, a long-acting monoclonal antibody, was introduced last season (2023–2024) in some countries with the aim of reducing the burden of disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in in...

Nirsevimab had a clear impact in reducing attendances and admissions for infants with bronchiolitis aged <6 months in Catalonia. However, the impact on older infants was less clear.

During tuberculosis infection there is formation of a TB containing lesion within the lungs. Here the authors characterise the cellular and molecular features of human TB lesions and demonstrate assoc...

ession to death. Methods: Retrospective, multicenter, national cohort study in Scotland investigating critically unwell iGAS cases ≤15 years old from October 01, 2013 to September 30, 2023. We incl...

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of congenital malformations. The prevalence of short and long-term c…

The dismantling of foreign-assistance efforts has already had, and will continue to have, severe effects on vulnerable populations globally. But it also has implications for people in the United St...

Our findings indicate that the benefits of nirsevimab observed in clinical trials are also evident in real-world settings, effectively reducing the burden of RSV disease in infants and, consequently, ...

El presidente Petro ha anunciado la declaratoria de emergencia sanitaria y económica, además de un plan de vacunación nacional ante el aumento de casos del virus tropical

Our data suggest that climatic factors are major drivers of OROV spread and were potentially exacerbated during 2024 by extreme weather events. OROV glycoprotein reassortants, but not individual OROV ...

Ja feia unes setmanes que vèiem venir el llop. Havíem estat seguint les dades que arribaven de la Xina, i semblava qüestió de temps que el nou virus comencés a fer estralls a casa nostra. Malgrat...

Background Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is expanding its range in Europe, with increasing human cases reported. Since the first detection of TBEV in ticks in the United Kingdom in 2019, one po...

La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) se propone reducir su personal y la escala de su trabajo a medida que rebaja su presupuesto en algo más de una quinta parte

Nitisinone reduces survival of the malaria-transmitting mosquito Anopheles gambiae by blocking tyrosine catabolism.

Quan la pandèmia de la COVID-19 va arribar a Catalunya a principis del 2020, les administracions es van trobar davant d'una crisi sanitària sense precedents. El sistema públic de salut estava sotmès.....

Quan la pandèmia de la COVID-19 va arribar a Catalunya a principis del 2020, les administracions es van trobar davant d'una crisi sanitària sense precedents. El sistema públic de salut estava sotmès.....

La situació dels menors no acompanyats a Catalunya un cop assoleixen la majoria d'edat.

Researchers flag groups that should get an extra dose of measles vaccine as case numbers continue to rise in Texas and neighbouring states.

Among older adults in Spain, hospitalisation rates from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection increases progressively with age and is more likely among people with other health issues and who li...

En el context internacional, s'estan veient brots importants d'aquesta malaltia prevenible pel discurs antivacunes.

Data on measles cases in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) for the last twelve months show a considerable rise in notifications compared to 2023.

Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence.

Anna Campos cogió el traspaso y levantó la persiana de este comercio emblemático hace cuatro meses con ganas de continuar su legado en el barrio del Raval

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

Demanen actuacions per controlar la fauna salvatge i flexibilitzar els protocols, que són més estrictes des que Catalunya és una regió indemne.

L'aparició de nous fàrmacs per tractar l'obesitat està ajudant a canviar-ne la percepció: de posar tota la pressió sobre la persona que la pateix a entendre que és una malaltia complexa i multifactori...