Vaccinated people who have a breakthrough case of Omicron will have better protection against COVID-19 variants than vaccinated people who receive a booster shot, two new studies show. The University of Washington, working with Vir Biotechnology of San Francisco, looked at blood samples of vaccinated people who had breakthrough cases of […]
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Women who went on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen within six months of catching COVID-19 had a reduced risk of dying, a new study says. The study, coupled with data showing men have higher hospitalization and mortality rates from COVID than women, provides more evidence that estrogen may offer broad protection against the […]
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En esta sección estarán disponibles los resúmenes de artículos recientes, publicados en las principales revistas científicas de pediatría, analizados por el Dr. Jesús Hernández. El Dr. Hernández Tiscareño es egresado de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla y de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, donde cursó un posgrado en […]
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Summary What is already known about this topic? The 2021 National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease (National Plan) included a goal to reduce the risk for Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD). What is added by this report? Adults aged ≥45 years with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) were more likely […]
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El Ministerio de Sanidad prepara los trámites para comprar miles de dosis de una vacuna aprobada frente a la viruela tradicional que también es útil para frenar la transmisión del virus de la viruela del mono, frente al que en Europa no hay ningún suero específico aprobado, según han confirmado a EL […]
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Con fecha 17 de mayo, la Food and Drug Administration de los Estados Unidos (FDA) ha concedido la autorizado de uso en emergencias de la vacuna Comirnaty en niños de cinco a once años, siempre que hayan transcurrido al menos cinco meses desde la recepción de las dosis de primovacunación con la […]
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Long before he was named the White House’s new COVID-19 czar, Ashish Jha, MD, acknowledged that US strategy to overcome the pandemic needed a new direction. Thanks to safe, effective vaccines, Jha reasoned, it was time to move on from the early goal of trying to prevent every SARS-CoV-2 infection […]
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BOSTON – Massachusetts health officials announced they have confirmed a case of monkeypox, the first case of the rare virus identified in the United States in 2022. The Department of Public Health said Wednesday that the infection was found in an adult man who recently traveled to Canada. They say […]
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El mayor peligro se vive en Nueva York, por lo que las autoridades han retomado el uso de cubrebocas en espacios abiertos y transporte público. Para proteger a sus trabajadores ahora van a continuar con sus labores desde casa. A pesar de la pandemia Apple se mantiene como la empresa […]
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La FDA aprobó hoy el uso de una dosis de la vacuna de refuerzo para niños de 5 a 11 años de la farmacéutica Pfizer/BioNTech. Además recordó que no solo los niños corren el riesgo de enfermar por covid-19, sino de sufrir secuelas a largo plazo, conocidas como covid prolongado. […]
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