Diseases
It's been five years since the first vaccines against COVID-19 were launched
EITB has brought together the first woman vaccinated in Bizkaia and the nurse who stung her on the fifth anniversary. The expectation, fear, hope and mistrust were evident at the time, because what we were experiencing was something historic. The arrival of the vaccines helped to improve the situation. These moments have been remembered by Begoña, Itxaso and Jorge.
Due to nodular dermatosis, animal markets in the CSC will be suspended until February
During the duration of the measure, the Member States may exceptionally authorise certain events with animals.
An EU report does not rule out that the origin of the swine epidemic in Catalonia is in a laboratory
All the viruses currently circulating in the EU Member States belong to genetic groups 2-28 and not to the 29 new genetic groups that have appeared in the Barcelona spotlight, much like the one circulating in Georgia in 2007.
The European Court of Human Rights condemns France for not treating the sclerosis of prisoner Ibon Fernandez Iradi well
In the judgment, the European judges stress that the failure to provide adequate care for the disease, which was a condition for keeping him in prison, contravenes the article of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting inhuman and degrading treatment.
Catalonia says most wild boars killed in Collserola are negative in the African swine epidemic
Counselor Ordeig said he's "almost certain" that the disease has entered through the human factor through the AP-7 or other means of communication. "We'll know in the next few days; it hasn't entered through an infected boar, it's been a human factor," he added.
The Ministry of Health and the Autonomous Communities agree on a joint protocol against respiratory viruses
The document defines four scenarios and proposes measures to be taken in each of them, which, according to the Ministry, will serve to "improve response" to influenza, covid and other infections.
50 wild boars have been found dead in Catalonia, in the area affected by the swine plague
The Ministry of Agriculture will examine the bodies to determine if they are contaminated.
News: International Euskera Day, Navarre Day and Pig Plague
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
Xabin Fernandez, diagnosed with HIV, "The positive changed my life."
Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day. Today, some 6,200 people receive some form of HIV treatment in the Basque Autonomous Community, so we have been with some of them.
Most of the new HIV diagnoses occur in men in Hego Euskal Herria, with an average age of 37 years
In the year 125 new cases are detected in the Basque Country, in Navarre 18 new cases of HIV have been detected between January and September 2025.
Can a human be infected with the swine plague?
The disease has reappeared in the Spanish state 31 years after the last case was detected, but what consequences can the spread of the swine plague have?
More dead boars found in Catalonia linked to swine plague cases
The plan to catch wild boars infected with the African swine plague was reinforced this Sunday in the Collserola area of Barcelona, and it is not ruled out that another animal is found dead in the area.
The Basque Government calls for strengthening biosecurity after detecting cases of swine plague in Catalonia
At the same time, it calls for care, prudence and vigilance for all the agents of the Basque Country linked to the pig sector, which has killed six boars in Barcelona in two days.
The Basque Country has lifted the ban on holding livestock fairs, but will maintain measures to control nodular dermatosis
These measures will be in force until 15 January, and an extension or reduction of the deadline will be assessed depending on the epidemiological situation.
Some 6200 people receive HIV treatment in the Basque Country
HIV tests can be carried out free of charge both in Osakidetza health centres and in specialized consultations for sexually transmitted infections.
ENBA and EHNE have called for the fight against avian influenza with "scientific rigour" rather than "political measures"
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".
For certain periods of time, chickens may leave confinement and be evacuated outside the CSC
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.
There will be news: the negotiation of the ACV's budgets, the monitoring committee for avian influenza and the trial of 21 people who protested against abortion
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
Osakidetza will bring breast cancer screening forward to 45 years and take on the abortions it spends on a private day
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.
Some 172,000 people suffer from diabetes in the CSC and affect 7.5 per cent of the population
About 9,000 cases are diagnosed each year in the Basque Autonomous Community, with type 2 being the most widespread (90% of diabetes patients).