El pleno del Senado prevé aprobó una reforma a la Ley General de Salud que contra la criminalización de médicos o personal de salud cuando realicen algún procedimiento donde fallezca o tenga alguna afectación el paciente, ello siempre y cuando exista consentimiento expreso y documentado de los riesgos que existen. Durante la sesión ordinaria y con […]
More than 2 years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the global population carries heterogeneous immune histories derived from various exposures to infection, viral variants, and vaccination.1 Evidence at the level of binding and neutralizing antibodies and B-cell and T-cell immunity suggests that a history of infection with severe acute […]
Washington, D.C., 12 de octubre de 2022 (OPS) – La Directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Carissa F. Etienne, afirmó que el reciente brote de cólera en Haití, los casos de viruela símica, las continuas infecciones por COVID-19 y las bajas tasas de vacunación contra la poliomielitis aumentan […]
Presentar dolor faríngeo u odinofagia es ahora un síntoma dominante de la infección por SARS-CoV-2, mientras que la fiebre y la anosmia (pérdida del olfato) se están volviendo menos comunes, según informes recientes en el Reino Unido.[1,2] El cambio podría ser motivo de preocupación ante la llegada del otoño y la […]
A rebound of COVID-19 symptoms in some patients after taking Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid may be related to a robust immune response rather than a weak one, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday. They concluded that taking a longer course of the drug – beyond the recommended five days – was […]
A potentially fatal strain of flu currently in circulation worldwide could be more of a threat to public health than COVID this winter, a senior government health adviser has warned. Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned that COVID will still present a major challenge for […]
Puntos clave Algunos viajeros que han pasado tiempo en México se han infectado con Salmonella Newport multirresistente (MDR, por sus siglas en inglés). La Salmonella MDR ha desarrollado la capacidad de vencer a los medicamentos diseñados para eliminarla. Las infecciones por Salmonella MDR pueden ser difíciles de tratar. Los médicos deben seguir las directrices de los CDC […]
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a recently emerged pathogenic human coronavirus that belongs to the sarbecovirus lineage of the genus Betacoronavirus. The ancestor strain has evolved into a number of variants of concern, with the Omicron variant of concern now having many distinct sublineages. The ongoing COVID-19 […]
Malaria can be a severe, potentially fatal disease (especially when caused by Plasmodium falciparum), and treatment should be initiated as soon as possible. Which drug regimen to treat a patient with malaria depends on the clinical status of the patient, the type (species) of the infecting parasite, the area where the […]
Summary What is already known about this topic? COVID-19 vaccines have been effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated hospitalizations and deaths among nursing home residents. What is added by this report? In a large cohort of nursing home residents, receipt of a second mRNA COVID-19 booster dose during circulation […]
