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¿Qué es el VIH/sida y cómo se trasmite? Datos y cronología de la lucha contra el virus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

(CNN) — Echa un vistazo aquí sobre los orígenes, los tratamientos y la respuesta global al VIH y el sida en los últimos años. Cada 1 de diciembre se conmemora el Día Mundial de la Lucha contra el Sida.¿Qué es el VIH/sida y cómo se trasmite?VIH significa virus de inmunodeficiencia humana.Sida significa síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida.El VIH/sida se puede transmitir a través del contacto sexual sin protección con una persona infectada. También al compartir agujas con una persona infectada, a través de transfusiones de sangre de personas que tengan el virus o a través de una madre que esté infectada y le transmita la enfermedad a su bebé.¿Cuáles son las etapas de infección del VIH/sida?Las personas infectadas con VIH pasan por tres etapas de infección:– Infección aguda o síndrome retroviral agudo: Puede producir síntomas similares a los de la gripe en el primer mes después de la infección.– Latencia clínica o infección asintomática por VIH: es cuando el VIH se...

Rompen la tregua en Gaza: Israel y Hamas reanudan el intercambio de fuego

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

JERUSALÉN – Después de siete días de pausa en los combates, la tregua en la Franja de Gaza se rompió la mañana del viernes y se reanudó el intercambio de fuego entre Israel y Hamas.“Hamas violó la pausa operacional y además disparó hacia territorio israelí. Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel han retomado los combates contra la organización terrorista Hamas en la Franja de Gaza”, informó el Ejército en un comunicado.Por su parte, el Ministerio de Interior gazatí, controlado por Hamas, señaló que “la aviación israelí sobrevuela la Franja y sus vehículos han abierto fuego en el noroeste del enclave”.Poco antes de las 6.00 hora local comenzaron a activarse las sirenas antiaéreas en localidades israelíes cercanas a la Franja de Gaza.“Tras el informe inicial sobre las sirenas en el kibutz Holit, se identificaron varios lanzamientos desde la Franja de Gaza hacia territorio israelí. Los lanzamientos no fueron interceptados según el protocolo”, indicó ...

DaRon Bland has NFL-leading 8th interception for Cowboys after getting burned by Seahawks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — DaRon Bland added to his NFL-leading interception total with a nifty pick, though that didn’t really make up for the big plays against the Dallas Cowboys cornerback before they rallied to avoid their first home loss this season. Bland didn’t return this one for a touchdown — he already has the NFL record with five picks returned for scores — but his eighth interception of the season late in the third quarter ended a streak of three consecutive TD drives for the Seattle Seahawks.“Nah, it ain’t nothing special,” Bland said about that pick. “I didn’t have a great first half. Try to make it up in the second half, that’s all it was.”The Cowboys failed to convert that into a go-ahead score, but Dak Prescott’s 12-yard TD to Jake Ferguson and ensuing 2-point conversion with 4:37 left propelled them to a 41-35 victory Thursday night. Seattle (6-6) entered the game without an offensive touchdown on its previous 20 possessions.That streak ended i...

Jack Eichel has a goal and 2 assists in his 500th NHL game, Golden Knights beat Canucks 4-1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists in his 500th regular-season NHL game and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Thursday night.Ivan Barbashev, William Karlsson and Brett Howden also scored to help the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights improve to 15-5-3.Adin Hill stopped all 16 shots he faced before leaving because of precautionary measures for a lower-body injury. Logan Thompson took over in the third period, stopping five of six shots.Andrei Kuzmenko scored for Vancouver, and Thatcher Demko made 40 saves. The Canucks fell to 15-8-1.Barbashev opened the scoring, slotting a shot between Demko’s legs at 4:46 of the first period. Eichel made it 2-0 with 3:42 left in the first. Nicolas Hague drove to the net, passed it to Barbashev, who then slid it across the slot to Eichel for his ninth of the season.Karlsson sniped it past Demko midway through the second to make it a 3-0 game. Howden tipped in Alex Pietrangelo&...

Tom Wilson’s first hat trick leads Washington Capitals past slumping Anaheim Ducks 5-4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tom Wilson scored with 5:38 left to complete his first career hat trick in his 700th game, and the Washington Capitals extended the Anaheim Ducks’ losing streak to eight with a 5-4 victory Thursday night.Wilson, a Capitals stalwart since 2013, scored twice during Washington’s four-goal first period. He added a late power-play goal after Anaheim had trimmed the Caps’ lead to 4-3 on Brock McGinn’s goal with 8:15 to play.Frank Vatrano added another goal for the Ducks with 27 seconds to go, but the Caps hung on.Alex Ovechkin got his second assist of the night on Wilson’s third goal, giving him 1,499 career points. One more and the Capitals’ Russian captain will be the 16th NHL player to reach 1,500.Nic Dowd and Anthony Mantha also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves for the Caps, who have won seven of nine. Washington went 2-1-0 on the California portion of its five-game road trip.Wilson loves playing at Honda Center: He had his fi...

La amenaza de las enfermedades respiratorias ya está en marcha en EE.UU., según la directora de los CDC, al tiempo que aumentan las hospitalizaciones

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

(CNN) — La Dra. Mandy Cohen, directora de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU., informó este jueves a una sumbcomisión del Congreso sobre los casos de enfermedades respiratorias en EE.UU. debidos a tres virus: la gripe, el coronavirus y el virus respiratorio sincitial, o VRS.“La temporada del VSR está en pleno apogeo”, dijo Cohen a la Subcomisión de Energía y Comercio de la Cámara de Representantes sobre Supervisión e Investigaciones.“La temporada de gripe acaba de empezar en la mayor parte del país, aunque se está acelerando rápidamente, y aunque estamos viendo niveles relativamente bajos de covid, el covid sigue siendo la principal causa de nuevas hospitalizaciones y muertes respiratorias, con unas 15.000 hospitalizaciones y unas 1.000 muertes cada semana”, dijo.“Estamos viendo muchos casos de VSR, sobre todo en el sur del país, así que yo diría que estamos cerca del pico de VSR”, dijo Cohen.“También ...

11 civilians are killed in an attack by gunmen in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Eleven people were killed in an attack by a group armed with explosives and guns in eastern Iraq, security officials said Friday.The attacks took place Thursday night in the area of Muqdadiyah in Diyala province. A roadside bomb exploded and gunmen then opened fire on rescuers and bystanders at the scene, two security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.The victims were all civilians, the officials said.The gunmen fled and no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Diyala province has seen periodic attacks by Islamic State cells and sporadic violence due to sectarian tensions between Shiites and Sunnis, as well as fighting between rival militias and their tribal and political allies struggling over influence and lucrative racketeering networks. Diyala, bordering both Iran and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, is a prime conduit for smuggling.Diyala governor Muthanna al-Tamimi vowe...

Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall Street ends its best month of ’23 with big gains

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares declined on Friday even after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November. U.S. futures rose while oil prices continued to drop despite the latest extension of OPEC’s production cuts. Even with continued cuts to output, other producers such as the U.S. are expected to be able to make up the difference, relieving pressure on prices. U.S. benchmark crude oil was down 10 cents at $75.86 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost $1.90 on Thursday to $75.96 a barrel.Brent crude, the international standard, dropped 22 cents to $80.64 a barrel.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.5% to 16,952.14, hovering around a one-year low, while the Shanghai Composite index edged down 0.1% to 3,027.38.A private sector survey released Friday showed Chinese manufacturing activity unexpectedly expanded in November, marking the fastest growth in three months. That report by Caixin contradicted one released the day ...

Palestinians say Israel is warning them to leave areas in southern Gaza

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Residents say Israel has dropped leaflets over parts of southern Gaza, urging people to leave homes east of the town of Khan Younis. The leaflets also warned that Khan Younis was now a “dangerous battle zone.”The leaflets signaled that Israel was preparing to widen its offensive, which has so far focused largely on the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Hundreds of thousands of people fled northern Gaza earlier in the war, with many taking shelter in Khan Younis and other cities in the south.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fighter jets hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday shortly after a weeklong truce expired, the military said, as the war resumed in full force. Airstrikes hit southern Gaza, including the community of Abassan east of the town of Khan Younis, the Interior Ministry in the Hamas-run territory said. Another strike hit a home northwest of Gaza City.Loud, cont...

EU calls for higher ambition at COP28 with accelerated emissions reductions and clean energy transition

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:11:59 GMT

Today (1 December), President von der Leyen (pictured) will attend the World Climate Action Summit officially opening the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai. The EU will call on all Parties to take urgent action to bring down greenhouse gas emissions this decade and respect the commitments they made under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to below 2°C, and to aim for 1.5°C.On 1 December, in the EU Pavilion, President von der Leyen will host a high-level event on promoting Paris-aligned carbon markets, as well as a launch event for EU-Catalyst breakthrough energy projects, and an event on the Just Energy Transition Partnership with Vietnam. On 2 December, the President will launch the Global Pledge on Renewables and Energy Efficiency, together with the COP28 Presidency, aiming to triple installed renewables capacity and double energy efficiency measures by 2030. She will also speak at the Super-Pollutants Summit, attend the Coal Transition ...