🇷🇺 Rusia, 🇺🇸 Estados Unidos · Ciencia, Salud · 3 días
51 noticiasRusia pone en cuarentena un hospital tras la muerte de una trabajadora de laboratorio que deja casi 200 personas bajo observación
Una empleada del Instituto de Investigación Antipeste de Siberia y Extremo Oriente de Irkutsk murió la semana pasada de neumonía de causa desconocida, informaron las autoridades rusas, y un hospital de la localidad de Shelekhov fue puesto e…
KFF poll finds Medicare for All support at 66% in US, highest since 2016
A KFF poll published Tuesday found 66 percent of U.S. adults support Medicare for All, the highest level since 2016, with 32 percent saying they strongly favor a single government health plan. Support was up about 13 points from 2020, but t…
Kenia confirma la primera muerte por ébola tras la llegada de un paciente desde el Congo vía Uganda
El Ministerio de Salud de Kenia confirmó el martes el primer caso importado de ébola en el país, después de que un keniano que llegó desde la República Democrática del Congo vía Uganda fuera atendido en el Nairobi Hospital y falleciera la n…
La OMS dice que el riesgo es bajo mientras EE. UU. presiona a Rusia para que sea transparente sobre la muerte en un laboratorio de peste
El Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. está monitoreando informes sobre un caso mortal de sospecha de peste neumónica en la región de Irkutsk, Rusia, y el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, ha pedido públicamente a Moscú mayor transparencia s…
Nueva York declara emergencia por desastre de sarampión ante el aumento de casos rurales
La gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, declaró el lunes una emergencia estatal por desastre debido a un brote de sarampión, una orden que, según CNN, es la primera declaración de este tipo de un estado de EE. UU. desde que los casos co…
El Premio Nobel de Medicina se otorga a tres científicos por la optogenética
El Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina de 2026 fue otorgado a Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann y Georg Nagel por sus descubrimientos sobre los canales iónicos sensibles a la luz y la optogenética, anunció el Comité Nobel en Estocolmo. Los …
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francis Halzen for neutrino discovery
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Francis Halzen for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in Stockholm. Halz…
Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin over suspected plague death in Siberia
President Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin about the suspected pneumonic plague case in Siberia, after saying Monday the US was willing to help Russia. The case follows the death of Darya Shipilova, 28, a worke…
WHO and Russia say no further plague infections after Siberian lab worker's death
A female worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week from pneumonia of undetermined origin, according to Russian authorities and the WHO. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said 60% of the identified contact…
WHO says Russia reported no plague case in Irkutsk as US tracks lab worker's death
The World Health Organization said Russian authorities reported no plague case had been recorded in the Irkutsk region, while the cause of a 28-year-old anti-plague laboratory worker's death remained unconfirmed. The US State Department sai…
Russia's industry ministry says Atarax supplies stable after pharmacy shortage reports
Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade said «Atarax» and other hydroxyzine-based medicines are being regularly and stably put into circulation, after reports on Telegram channels that the drug could not be bought in most large pharmacies i…
Trump says Putin call scheduled soon on suspected Siberia plague case
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case. The case centres on Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician who died Friday in a hospita…
RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI draws criticism from MAHA allies and medical experts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a MAHA summit that artificial intelligence would free Americans from “medical tyranny” by letting them “fact check their own medical advice.” Some prominent MAHA voices criticized him for cozying …
Rospotrebnadzor afirma que Rusia está dispuesta a ayudar a EE. UU. a combatir brotes de enfermedades infecciosas
El organismo ruso de vigilancia sanitaria Rospotrebnadzor declaró que Rusia está dispuesta a ayudar a Estados Unidos a responder a brotes de enfermedades infecciosas, ofreciendo especialistas, equipos de laboratorio y suministros de diagnós…
Russia endocrinology centre says 6.1 million adults registered with diabetes
RBC reported that the press service of the National Medical Research Centre for Endocrinology said more than 6.1 million adults in Russia are registered with diabetes. Earlier the same day, TASS quoted the chief freelance endocrinologist fo…
El Kremlin insta a basarse en las declaraciones oficiales en medio de rumores de infección en Irkutsk
El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, dijo que Rospotrebnadzor es el organismo competente sobre la situación en la región de Irkutsk y que la población debe seguir sus declaraciones oficiales en lugar de rumores y especulaciones. Las decl…
Scientists report first evidence of a planet formed from a dead star's ashes
A study published Monday in Nature Astronomy says a planet may have formed from material expelled by its dying star, which would be the first recorded “second-generation” planet. The likely gas giant orbits a white dwarf called HS 0209+0832…
New York declares measles emergency through Nov. 4 as state counts 108 cases
New York state has declared a state of emergency over a continuing measles outbreak, with Governor Kathy Hochul announcing the measure, according to TASS, RBC and Vedomosti. Vedomosti reported the emergency runs statewide from October 5 to …
Rospotrebnadzor afirma que la situación sanitaria es estable en la región de Irkutsk tras un caso de enfermedad
Rospotrebnadzor afirmó que la situación sanitaria y epidemiológica en la región rusa de Irkutsk y las ciudades de Irkutsk y Shelekhov es estable, según TASS, RIA Novosti e Interfax. Interfax informó que la evaluación se produce tras un caso…
Sun records M1.0 solar flare, largest in a month
An M1.0 class solar flare was recorded on the Sun, the largest since September 5, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The flare occurred around 22:00 Moscow time, R…