COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States between March 2020 and October 2021, according to an analysis of national death certificate data by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The study appears July 5 in JAMA Internal Medicine. During […]
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a serious complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection.1 A previous study that described MIS-C cases in the first 3 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic found that the proportion of individuals with severe illness declined after the first wave.2 In Israel, the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant started to spread […]
In California, it is recommended that everyone aged 6 months and older get a COVID-19 vaccine, and everyone aged 5 and older get a booster dose when eligible, to help protect against severe outcomes of COVID-19. Vaccinating children can help protect family members who are at higher risk for getting […]
Las farmacéuticas Pfizer y BioNTech han anunciado los resultados de una vacuna monovalente y otra bivalente administrada después de una serie primaria y una primera dosis de recuerdo frente a la variante ómicron BA.1. La primera vacuna generó un aumento de los títulos de anticuerpos neutralizantes de 13.5 y 19.6 veces a […]
Abstract BACKGROUND Limited evidence is available on the real-world effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and specifically against infection with the omicron variant among children 5 to 11 years of age. METHODS Using data from the largest health care organization in Israel, we identified a cohort […]
The benefits of maternal vaccination to the infant through maternal antibody transfer across the placenta have long been recognized. In the 1870s, babies born to mothers who had received smallpox vaccination were unlikely to have smallpox early in life.1 Tetanus toxoid vaccination during pregnancy, along with improved hygiene during delivery, has […]
Con el objetivo de mejorar las pruebas de diagnóstico Covid, así como las de otros virus, un grupo de investigación del Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (I2SysBio), centro mixto del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) y la Universidad de Valencia (UV) ha desarrollado un método mediante la técnica de edición genética conocida como […]
Long COVID syndrome, also known as post-COVID, is more than fatigue and shortness of breath. Symptoms such as headaches, brain fog and ringing in the ears have been reported, and recently, physicians are seeing more patients with gastrointestinal problems. Greg Vanichkachorn, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s COVID Activity Rehabilitation Program, describes the most common symptoms. Patients in the rehabilitation […]
Laboratory Studies Because the signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may overlap with those of other respiratory pathogens, it is important to perform laboratory testing to specifically identify symptomatic individuals infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Moreover, it is estimated that up to 40% of people with SARS-CoV-2 infection […]
North Korean officials have reported a major outbreak of another infectious disease, which is affecting at least 800 families so far. Medical crews and disease investigators were sent to Haeju City in South Hwanghae province for an “acute enteric epidemic,” which refers to a digestive illness. South Korean officials have […]
