Tag: Syphilis
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Access to STD tests does not meet recommendations at health clinics – Infection rates on the rise
Three health centers refused HIV testing altogether, and testing for other sexually transmitted diseases, such as chlamydia and gonorrhea, was not performed correctly in some centers. Since the number of syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV infections in 2022 was almost twice the usual annual rate, STD testing in primary care needs to be improved. The rise…
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Danish news overview: Police fight online crime with the help of young players
Police have started playing the likes of Fortnight and Counter-Strike to connect with young players: a good source of tip-offs about online criminal activity. In the spring, the authorities formed an ‘online patrol’ to regularly play and establish connections. Combating abuse, fraud and hate speech“We cannot be everywhere, and therefore we are completely dependent on…
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Danish news overview: Police fight online crime with the help of young players
Police have started playing the likes of Fortnight and Counter-Strike to connect with young players: a good source of tip-offs about online criminal activity. In the spring, the authorities formed an ‘online patrol’ to regularly play and establish connections. Combating abuse, fraud and hate speech“We cannot be everywhere, and therefore we are completely dependent on…
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Finland reports the first suspected case of monkeypox
The health authorities in the Helsinki metropolitan area suspect that they have found Finland’s first monkey pox virus infection. Traces of the orthopoxvirus were found in an adult male patient, the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) reported in its press release on Wednesday morning. The monkey poxvirus is one of the human orthopoxic viruses,…
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Part 1/2 The forgotten syphilis children
Around the turn of the century, syphilis is a common and deadly disease but also shameful. Many children are infected in the womb and do not survive. They are abandoned due to their illness. There are many brothels in Stockholm at this time. Women who are or are only suspected of being prostitutes are checked…
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Syphilis cases are rising in Denmark
Multiple infections in the home Gay men in particular are driving the increase, as they accounted for 72 per cent of cases in 2019 and 70 per cent of cases in 2020. Most were infected in Denmark. There were only 39 cases in 2019 and 37 cases in 2020 involving women. “Usually more people are…
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Reviewers call the latest August film furiously worth seeing
Birthe Neumann shines in the role of Karen Blixen in Bille August’s new film, “The Covenant”. This is the opinion of agreed critics from, among others, Berlingske and the film magazine Ekko. At BT and Ekko, the film gets six out of six stars, while Berlingske has given five stars, and Ekstra Bladet four. The…