The Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends corona vaccination for all pregnant women. For a study, researchers examined umbilical cord blood after birth to find out how babies are protected. The result: positive. Expectant parents usually have many worries. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has also been the fear of pregnant women becoming infected with Sars-CoV-2. How bad can the course of the disease be? And what effects can an infection have on the child? Can pregnant women get vaccinated? The important thing is: there is no reason to panic. Experts rate the absolute risk of a severe Covid-19…

In the run-up to his visit to Hungary, it was not yet clear whether Pope Francis would be received by head of government Orban. According to the Vatican, the two spoke about the topic of environmental protection, among other things. Pope Francis has arrived in Hungary. Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed the pope at the Budapest Museum of Art. President Janos Ader also joined him for a subsequent conversation. Afterwards, Francis took part in a meeting with bishops and representatives of the Jewish community. The appointment had been eagerly awaited because the pope and the conservative head of government hold…

Pope Francis has praised the “wisdom” of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview. However, the words he quoted came from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Pope Francis has mistakenly attributed criticism by Russian President Vladimir Putin of the West’s interventionist policy in Afghanistan to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU). The head of the Catholic Church called Merkel “one of the great figures of international politics” and then quoted her as saying: “It is necessary to put an end to the irresponsible policy of intervening from the outside and building democracy in other countries, ignoring the traditions of the peoples. “While…

A study from Israel has determined that people who have already been infected with the coronavirus have a significantly lower risk of being infected again than those who have been vaccinated twice. The study was first reported by Der Spiegel. Data from Israel’s second-largest health insurer, which covers about 2. 5 million people, were used as the basis. According to the researchers, this is the “largest study of its kind to date,” the news magazine said. Charlotte Thålin of Danderyd Hospital and the Karolinska Institute, said in the journal Science that the results show how vaccinations are outperformed by natural…

After the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, the Islamist Taliban have taken power in the country – and are reshaping it according to their own ideas. The most important developments in the newsblog. The U.S. government has confirmed media reports about the threat of an attack by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia at Kabul airport or in the surrounding area. “The threat is real, it’s acute, it’s persistent,” U.S. President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CNN. “We are working intensively with our intelligence agencies to figure out where an attack could come from. ” He…

Side effects that could be associated with mRNA covid-19 vaccination are being watched with a wary eye. There is already agreement that two heart diseases are among them. Researchers are looking closely at who is affected and how often. Researchers in the United States have studied how often heart muscle inflammation (myocarditis) or pericarditis occurs after Covid 19 vaccination. They looked for such cases in people vaccinated against Covid-19, using data from a health insurer’s electronic medical records. These came from a total of forty hospitals in various states in the USA. In their analysis, the researchers found that heart…

The U.S. Democrats have earmarked a massive $3. 5 trillion for social spending. They have now presented their package to the Senate. But the Republicans can still argue. The Democrats in the U.S. Senate have presented the spending plan for a social package worth billions. The budget resolution provides for social spending of around 3. 5 trillion dollars (the equivalent of three trillion euros) over ten years. The chairman of the Budget Committee, Bernie Sanders, spoke of the most important legislative project “for workers, the elderly, the sick and the poor since FDR (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, ed.) and the…

ISTANBUL ISTANBUL ISTANBUL ISTANBUL ISTANBUL A Turkish veterinarian and his Kursat Ozer’s Istanbul clinic has become a haven for pet owners desperate to find a cure for their pets’ mysterious ailments, transforming him into a veterinary version of Dr. House, the famous TV disease sleuth. Ozer, 57, and his team treat cats, dogs, birds, and even the occasional iguana in the working-class Zeytinburnu district on the city’s European side. On Sunday, he opened his clinic to Anadolu Agency to commemorate International Cat Day, which has been observed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare since 2002. As the queen of…

ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANT The majority of the fires have been put out thanks to Turkish firefighting teams’ tireless efforts, but blazes in Koycegiz, Kavaklidere, Milas, Yatagan, and Cine in the southwestern Mugla province, as well as one in the town of Sutculer in Isparta, are still burning, according to Bekir Pakdemirli. He added that firefighting teams are working hard to protect a thermal power plant and touristic areas in Mugla, where up to 15 forest fires erupted initially. According to him, the fire in Milas is currently “dormant, not posing any significant threat.” “We’ve…

Turkey has ratified agreements with five countries in various fields, including economics, trade, and transportation, according to the Turkish Official Gazette. The agreements with Hungary, Burkina Faso, Uzbekistan, China, and Montenegro are detailed in the gazette published on Saturday. The Protocol of the Turkish-Hungarian Joint Committee Meeting on Road Transportation, which was signed in November, has been ratified by Ankara. On February 26, 2020, the two countries agreed on various transit document quotas for road transportation. A protocol between the governments of Turkey and Burkina Faso on the exchange of land plots for diplomatic missions, signed in January 2020, was…