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Moderna pharmaceutical company confirms studies for hantavirus vaccine

The US pharmaceutical company Moderna announced this Friday that it is advancing preliminary research to develop a vaccine against hantavirus, a disease that has recently recaptured international attention after an outbreak on the cruise ship ‘MV Hondius’, where three people have died.

Health Alert: New Contact Identified in Hantavirus Outbreak

On Friday afternoon, health authorities identified a new contact related to the Hantavirus outbreak from the Hondius cruise ship. According to the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), this contact is a woman residing in Catalonia, Spain, who is asymptomatic and traveled on the same plane as the Dutch national who died from the virus.

DADIS activates monitoring in Cartagena amid global hantavirus alert

Given the global alert for hantavirus cases, the Mayor's Office of Cartagena, through the District Administrative Department of Health (DADIS), reported that epidemiological monitoring for unusual respiratory events remains active, following the pronouncement issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the National Institute of Health regarding this zoonotic virus.

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It is a dangerous virus, but only for the truly infected person”: WHO on Hantavirus

The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted this Friday that the risk of hantavirus for the general population remains minimal, while several countries prepare to repatriate passengers from the cruise ship affected by a deadly outbreak.

Meet the long-tailed mouse, the wild rodent from which the Andes strain of hantavirus originates

According to the Institute of Medical Sciences and Innovation of Chile, hantavirus infection is a zoonosis transmitted by wild rodents....

This was the itinerary of the Dutch couple considered "patient zero" for hantavirus, where did they get infected?

The cruise ship MV Hondius, which departed from Ushuaia, Argentina, and is currently stranded with 147 people on board due to a hantavirus outbreak, has the world's attention...

Moderna announces work to develop a hantavirus vaccine and rises 14% on the stock market

The U.S. biotechnology laboratory Moderna reported this Friday on preliminary research for the development of a hantavirus vaccine, which caused the pharmaceutical company to surge more than 14% on the New York Stock Exchange. El Mundo The hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship ‘MV Hondius’ – which has so far left three people dead – has alerted the international community to the fear of a possible health emergency, despite experts pointing out that the risks of the virus spreading are not currently high. In this situation, Moderna has announced that it is developing preclinical work – initiated even before the outbreak on the ship – to investigate a possible vaccine against this virus together with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. The pharmaceutical company is also collaborating with the Vaccine Innovation Center of the Korea University School of Medicine for possible immunization. "These efforts are in an early stage and ongoing, and reflect Moderna's responsibility to develop countermeasures against emerging infectious diseases," according to a statement issued by the company and reported by the agency ‘Bloomberg’. Following the announcement, Moderna's stock price was up more than 14% daily in U.S. stock markets, trading at $55.50 per share.

Bancamiga and Mastercard Present "Sabores del alma: Culinary Universes Between Origin and Vanguard"

The Venezuelan gastronomic scene reaches a new editorial milestone with the launch of "Sabores del alma: Culinary Universes Between Origin and Vanguard," a work that, with the support of Bancamiga and Mastercard, transcends the cookbook to become a historical testimony of current haute cuisine. The book emerges as a memory of the [...]

The first suspected hantavirus case in Spain, in a hospital for testing

The first case in Spain with suspected hantavirus, a 32-year-old woman, was admitted this Friday the 5th to an isolated and specially prepared room in a hospital in the city of Alicante to undergo tests to determine if she has the virus. The woman arrived at the hospital inside an ambulance [...]

WHO Director and Spanish Ministers Travel to Tenerife for Cruise Ship Arrival

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, will travel tomorrow, Saturday, to the Canary Island of Tenerife (Atlantic) to coordinate operations for the arrival of the cruise ship MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak has occurred. Tedros will be accompanied by the Spanish Ministers of Health, Mónica García, and the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, according to the latter's department this Friday.

Despite Indian Billionaire's Interest, Colombia Will Proceed with Euthanasia of Pablo Escobar's Hippos

The hippos were introduced by Pablo Escobar. Photo: Ministry of Environment.