"In Chile, hantavirus has been present for more than 30 years: the patient is transported with a simple mask"

“In Chile, hantavirus has been present for more than 30 years: the patient is transported with a simple mask”

For more than 30 years, hantavirus has been present in Chile, the second country with the most infections after Argentina. In 2025, 44 cases were reported and this year there are 39 accumulated, with 13 deaths. Ricardo Fritz Garrido (Concepción, Chile, 1978), pulmonologist at the National Thorax Institute of Chile, the national reference center for this virus and where all patients who develop cardiopulmonary syndrome from hantavirus, the most severe form of the infection, are treated, is one of the main specialists and leads the ECMO teams (extracorporeal respiration for critical patients) at the center.

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An English local radio station mistakenly announces the death of King Charles III

An English local radio station mistakenly announces the death of King Charles III

Radio Caroline, a local radio station in southeast England, apologized this Wednesday after mistakenly broadcasting the death of monarch Charles III, attributing the incident to a computer error. “The ‘Monarch’ protocol, which all British radio stations have prepared in the hope of never having to use it, was mistakenly activated on Tuesday afternoon, erroneously announcing the death of His Majesty the King,” wrote Peter Moore, the station’s director, on Facebook.

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Shakira thanks Gerard Piqué for the role he had in her life and in her motherhood

About to mark four years since her separation from Gerard Piqué, Shakira has surprised with conciliatory statements towards the former footballer. The Colombian singer, who is going through one of the most successful moments of her career, has wanted to publicly acknowledge the importance that the former Barça player had in her personal and family life.

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Almost 800 Catalan schools and institutes, in favor of not having trips or school camps next school year

Almost 800 Catalan schools and institutes, in favor of not having trips or school camps next school year

The number of Catalan schools and institutes that have decided not to schedule trips or school camps for the 2026/27 academic year as a pressure measure to achieve educational improvements continues to increase. The platform that counts the centers that have joined the claim is about to reach 800: There are already 771, to be exact. All this continues to add uncertainty about what will happen with this activity in the next academic year.

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Iceland looks to the EU again

Iceland looks to the EU again

Although it later turned out to be a mistake by the character, who confused one island with another, the Icelanders jumped when, in his speech in Davos last January, Donald Trump mentioned Iceland as a target of his expansionist appetites. The President of the United States meant Greenland, so the alarm passed quickly, but anyway his harassment of the neighboring Arctic island has struck a chord in Icelandic society and politics.

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