Super bacteria, pandemics, longevity, light smog and the NHS in crisis: the challenges
Health threats and public health challenges at the centre of five panels in Trento
by Marzio Bartoloni and Francesca Cerati
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From new pandemics - starting with the one already underway of antibiotic-resistant super bacteria that could become the leading cause of death in Italy in 2050 - to vaccines. And then the frontier of longevity, which is being moved further and further afield thanks to research and new treatments with the aim of reducing the gap between life expectancy and healthy life years, up to the challenge of challenges, namely that of trying to save the ailing National Health Service. And then there are the light-polluted skies that endanger biodiversity with negative repercussions on human health as well. These are the health-related topics of the Trento 2025 Festival of Economics.
FRIDAY 23 MAY
Skies of Europe polluted by light
.The protagonists: Laura Bellia, University of Naples Federico II; Cristiano Bertolucci, University of Ferrara; Roberto Manfredini, University of Ferrara; Nicoletta Carbone, Radio 24
FRIDAY 23 MAY
The new frontiers of longevity
.The protagonists: Valentina Bollati, University of Milan; Paolo Di Giorgio, ceo Angelini Ventures; Nicola Palmarini, director of Nica - UK National Innovation centre for ageing; Vittorio Sebastiano, Stanford University; Francesca Cerati, Il Sole 24 Ore
