Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
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Predoctoral researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) whose thesis deals with circadian disruption in part as a result of exposure to artificial light at night and its effects on human health
Assistant professor specialised in nutritional epidemiology and cardiovascular health at ISGlobal
Research professor and Head of the Malaria Immunology Group at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Head of Microbiology at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, associate professor at the University of Barcelona, and researcher at ISGlobal Barcelona
Principal investigator of the Alzheimer's Prevention and Healthy Ageing Group at ISGlobal and chair of the Alzheimer's Association's Resilience, Resilience and Protective Factors Group
Researcher at ISGlobal and Inserm (France)
Research assistant professor of the Climate and Health programme at ISGlobal
Group Leader at the Institute of Health Research Pere Virgili (IISPV) and Associated Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGLOBAL)
Researcher at ISGlobal and Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona
Director of the Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative, and head of ISGlobal's Air Pollution and Urban Environment programme
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Assistant Research Professor in the field of urban planning, air pollution, and health and environment at Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
Director General and ICREA Research Professor at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Researcher at ISGlobal and consultant for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Postdoctoral researcher at ISGlobal specialising in climate and health
Head of the political advocacy project of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
ICREA research professor and head of ISGlobal's Climate and Health programme
At Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) press conference ahead of their Champions League opener, Kylian Mbappé and Christophe Galtier (PSG player and coach) were asked about the team's recent trip by plane to Nantes and why they didn't travel by train, when the distance is 341 kilometres and the train takes less than two hours. Both laughed at the question and Galtier replied, ironically, that next time they were considering doing it in a "sailing carriage".
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved an updated version of the covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna that also targets the omicron variant. It is intended to serve as a booster dose for adults.
Según datos de la OMS y UNICEF, 25 millones de niños no han recibido sus vacunas contra la difteria, el tétanos y la tosferina (DTP) a nivel global. Se trata de la mayor caída continuada en cobertura vacunal en casi treinta años.
A review with meta-analysis published in the journal PLoS Medicine concludes that the percentage of asymptomatic people with covid-19 is lower, and that they are less contagious than those who are pre-symptomatic or symptomatic.
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, today announced that face masks will no longer be compulsory indoors after Easter. The measure will come into force on 20 April. It will continue to be compulsory in public transport, health centres and residences, but the final details of the new scenario are not yet known.
"Equity in the distribution of vaccines is not a matter of charity; it benefits all countries," said Tedros Adhanom, director of the WHO. However, his data speak of a very unequal distribution: more than 80 % of the vaccines have gone to G20 countries, while poor countries, mostly African, have received only 0.6 %. Three Spanish experts analyze what went wrong.