Dr Ananda Amarasinghe explains that booster doses sustain the immune protection against COVID-19 and should be prioritized for those at highest risk of serious COVID-19 illness Créditos: Comité científico Covid
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 […]
Federal health officials will extend the COVID-19 public health emergency past mid-July, which will continue pandemic-era policies as coronavirus cases increase again. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the emergency order since January 2020. The declaration allows the U.S. to grant emergency authorizations of drugs, vaccines, […]
What you need to know Many people recover quickly from COVID-19. But for some, symptoms can continue months after recovery and may involve multiple organs. This is known as Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. In a study supported by the […]
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 […]
SARS-CoV-2, or at least pieces of it, sticks around longer in some infected individuals than respiratory sample testing would suggest, a recent study found. After respiratory samples tested negative, a small proportion of the 113 study participants continued to shed SARS-CoV-2 RNA in their feces—about 4% of them for at least […]
The FDA expanded an emergency use authorization (EUA) today allowing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot for children between the ages of 5 to 11 who are at least 5 months out from their first vaccine series. According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]
Al virus que causa la COVID-19… Créditos: Comité científico Covid
As the US reaches this somber milestone, IHME director Chris Murray reflects on the impact of COVID & how we can prepare for future health threats. Créditos: Comité científico Covid
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. […]
