Diseases

HIV tests can be carried out free of charge both in Osakidetza health centres and in specialized consultations for sexually transmitted infections. 

Farmers' associations believe that the closure of the production system in the Basque Country, "largely rural, static and ecological", poses a "risk of disease spread". 

In order to prevent the contagion of avian influenza, the Basque institutions and the sector have decided to set up a monitoring table to analyse the evolution of the disease and the measures to be applied.

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

The Health Counselor has announced that voluntary terminations of pregnancy will begin progressively, with a forecast to be taken over "in two years" and that by 2027 the age of screening for breast cancer will be reduced to 45.

About 9,000 cases are diagnosed each year in the Basque Autonomous Community, with type 2 being the most widespread (90% of diabetes patients). 

This week there have been 889 cases of influenza, of which only 6.2% have been hospitalized, compared to 10% last week, a decrease that shows that vaccination can reduce serious cases.

From 10 November, measures affecting domestic and breeding birds in specific risk and surveillance areas, which do not exist in the CSC but in Navarre, will enter into force. In any case, the authorities have called for careful and responsible action in the face of the virus from Europe in order to avoid the damage that contagion and the spread of the virus may cause.

NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, has completely renovated the Level 3 Biological Containment Laboratory (NCB3), also known as the P3 laboratory, at its headquarters in Derio. This progress is essential in the study of high-risk pathogenic agents that cause diseases such as tuberculosis or avian influenza.

A paper presented by the American Heart Association has generated controversy among experts by suggesting that taking melatonin supplements for more than a year can increase the risk of heart failure. Specialists have called for calm and recalled that products sold in pharmacies without a prescription do not go up by two milligrams.

Pello Latasa , head of epidemiology surveillance at the Department of Health of the Basque Government, explains that the incidence cases of these weeks may be the beginning of the seasonal flu epidemic or a pre-epidemic upturn. This year's scum is the key to the incidence of influenza this year. 

Pello Latasa , head of epidemiological surveillance at the Department of Health of the Basque Government, says the Covid-19 virus is still among us, but it is "more or less stable circulation." 

It is a passing crane (wild bird) found dead in a wetland in Arguedas, which, in any case, has not yet been positive on Navarre farms.

If European regulations are very strict and the incidence of 1% is exceeded, it forces all livestock animals to be slaughtered, as has happened in the Bergara Bulls. 

They want to know how many have been affected in total, to be treated "immediately" and to channel "more means".

in the ACV and Navarre the ban will be in force until 30 November and in the French Basque Country until the beginning of November. In any case, depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation, they may decide to extend the ban in all territories.