[Health pick] Norovirus that you need to be careful about in winter... "Eat well cooked fish and shellfish."

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The drinking and smoking rate of adolescents in Korea has decreased significantly to a third of that 20 years ago. According to the results of the recently released Youth Health Behavior Survey, the current smoking rate was 3.6%, down significantly from 11.8% in the first survey in 2005, and 4.5% even including e-cigarettes.Meanwhile, the current drinking rate was also 9.7% this year, down significantly from 27% in the first survey in 2005. However, the fact that the breakfast skipping rate and fast food intake are greater than in the past left something to worry about.

With the temperature dropping sharply this week and a red flag for health care, there is something to be particularly careful about. It is norovirus food poisoning that causes acute gastroenteritis such as vomiting and diarrhea. Highly contagious noroviruses occur primarily from December to February, surviving even at low temperatures. In order to prevent norovirus food poisoning, it is most important to thoroughly manage personal hygiene, such as cooking fish and shellfish and washing hands.Of the three COVID-19 treatments, Lagebrio's prescription was limited. Due to the delay in the product approval process for the health insurance coverage of

Lagebrio, it has decided to provide limited supply to patients over 70 years of age within the scope of government inventory for the time being. Other COVID-19 treatments, Paxlovid and Veclurizu, can be prescribed to the elderly over the age of 60 and those with immunocompromised and underlying diseases over the age of 18. "FoodQR," a real-time food information verification service that allows consumers to easily check food safety information on their mobile phones, will be operated in earnest.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it will expand its coverage to all foods such as imported foods next year and domestic agricultural, livestock, and marine products in the future, starting with domestic manufactured foods this year. FoodQR allows you to enlarge and view small-letter food information, and audiovisual disabled people can receive summary information through avatar sign language videos, braille conversions, and mobile phone voice conversion apps.

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