More than a million new cases of STDs diagnosed every day, 780 tons of fake chopped steaks sold to charities and the French Blood Establishment (EFS) calls for general mobilization. Here is the main news.
Sexuality: more than a million new cases of STDs every day
More than 376 million people contract a sexually transmitted infection each year worldwide. That’s over a million people every day. In one new reportthe WHO reports that the number of cases has not dropped significantly since 2012. “We are seeing a worrying lack of progress in containing sexually transmitted infections globally,” says Dr Peter Salama, Executive Director for Universal Health Coverage and the Life Course at WHO. In 2016, the new cases were distributed as follows: 127 million for the chlamydia87 million for the gonorrhea6.3 million for the syphilis and 156 million new cases of trichomoniasis… To read more click here.
Food: 780 tons of fake chopped steaks sold to charities
Since July 2018, 780 tons of faux minced steaks were delivered to several charities such as La Croix Rouge, Les Restos du Cœur, Secours Populaire Français and the French Federation of Food Banks, for a total cost of 5.2 million euros, revealed this Friday RTL. Distribution to the poorest was suspended and the steaks sent to the fraud prevention services. After analysis, it turned out that the steaks “did not contain meat but fat, not muscle but skin. All mixed with soy and starch, non-authorized products in minced steaks, with a reuse also of processed meat”. In short, these steaks were not meat, but a mix of skin, fat, soy and starch (a carbohydrate) For more information, click here.
Call for blood donations: reserves are at their lowest
The French Blood Establishment (EFS) calls for general mobilization because “blood supplies are low and the situation is very fragile” after the many days holidays,” he said in a statement. “At the beginning of June, the level of blood product reserves is very low. The French Blood Establishment needs the mobilization of all now to replenish the reserves as the summer period approaches. 7,000 collections will be organized throughout France between June 11 and July 13 with the #PrenezLeRelais operation, and in particular on June 14, World Blood Donor Day. But in the meantime, “everyone is invited to go to a collection site to donate blood, a gesture particularly necessary at the start of the summer period”. We tell you more in our article.
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