U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers say Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children aged 6 months to 17 years, according to an FDA document made public on Friday. Two doses of the Moderna vaccine caused an immune response in clinical trial participants that was similar to the immune response […]
By testing for both SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid antibodies, seroprevalence studies can estimate the proportion of a population with antibodies from previous infection (nucleocapsid antibody or infection-induced seroprevalence) and from infection or vaccination (spike antibody or combined infection- and vaccine-induced seroprevalence). US seroprevalence from July 2020 to May 2021 based […]
The risk of developing myocarditis and other inflammatory heart conditions after COVID-19 vaccination is substantially lower than it is after SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to an analysis of electronic health records from 40 US health systems. Although it’s a rare complication, myocarditis has been associated with both SARS-CoV-2 infection and messenger RNA (mRNA)–based […]
In a new risk-assessment document, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) summarizes what we currently know about monkeypox and recommends that European countries focus on the identification and management of the disease as well as contract tracing and prompt reporting of new cases of the virus. Recent […]
México está cerrando su ciclo epidémico y transitando al estado endémico de la pandemia de COVID-19, aseguró a finales de abril de este año el subsecretario de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell. Sin embargo, ya son 12 entidades federativas que presentan repuntes significativos, de acuerdo con Arturo Erdély, actuario y doctor en Ciencias matemáticas por la UNAM. Arturo Erdély, quien se ha dedicado al análisis estadístico de la […]
Estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today indicate that the share of cases tied to Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 increased 79% in the past week. That means, even as the more transmissible BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. last week, it’s already being pushed out by newcomers BA.4 and BA.5. The […]
La información sobre COVID-19, que acaparó la atención durante más de dos años, poco a poco va disminuyendo, pero esto no significa que el mundo esté libre de enfermedades contagiosas, ya que continúan apareciendo nuevas entidades infecciosas, como la viruela símica, pues como sabemos, vivimos en un mundo viral. A continuación cinco puntos […]
Summary What is already known about this topic? American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons across the United States face substantial health disparities, including a disproportionate incidence of COVID-19 illness. What is added by this report? AI/AN persons living in Alaska are at increased risk for COVID-19 illness, COVID-19–associated hospitalization, […]
Créditos: Comité científico Covid
A continuación un resumen de algunos temas destacados sobre SARS-CoV-2 en México del 18 al 31 de mayo. Estado de la pandemia Hasta el 30 de mayo México registra un acumulado de 5’770.862 casos y 324.854 defunciones totales por COVID-19. En la semana del 23 al 30 de mayo se […]
