A man who worked on a commercial poultry farm in Colorado has tested positive for avian influenza A(H5) virus, better known as H5 bird flu, the CDC said Thursday. This is the first case of H5 bird flu in humans in the United States and only the second case in the world, […]
Durante el European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) de 2022, en Lisboa, Portugal, se presentó de forma preliminar información acerca de los nuevos antibióticos que se encuentran en desarrollo o que se espera su uso clínico se amplíe en los siguientes meses. Debemos reconocer que en este momento hay […]
A South African study based on blood samples found that the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages of Omicron were more likely to evade antibodies produced by previous Omicron infections than the immunity provided by vaccinations. Scientists took blood samples from 39 people infected with Omicron, with 24 people not vaccinated and […]
Para el estudio, se recolectaron muestras de sangre de 20 niños sanos en el Royal Children’s Hospital de Melbourne. Los investigadores descubrieron las vías de la coagulación de la sangre y las proteínas inmunitarias que se activan en los casos graves de Covid-19 en los niños. La recolección de muestras […]
What are the new vaccines in the pipeline? What are the challenges to turning vaccines into vaccination? What timelines can we expect for future vaccines? Créditos: Comité científico Covid
Un año después de la hospitalización por COVID-19, solo una minoría de las personas se siente totalmente recuperada; ser mujer, tener obesidad y el haber recibido ventilación mecánica en el hospital fueron factores de riesgo para no sentirse totalmente recuperado.[1] En el nuevo estudio realizado en el Reino Unido con más de […]
Nearly 200 cases of unexplained hepatitis have been reported in children globally, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). As of April 20, 111 cases have been reported in the United Kingdom, and as of April 27, 55 cases have been reported in 12 countries in the European Union: Austria, […]
China registró la primera infección humana con la cepa H3N8 de la influenza aviar, informó el martes la autoridad de salud del país, pero dijo que el riesgo de que se propague entre las personas era bajo. Se descubrió que un paciente de 4 años de edad de la provincia […]
Adenovirus remained the most likely underlying factor responsible for the outbreak of sudden onset hepatitis in children, UK public health experts have said. Investigations are still ongoing into whether a cofactor could cause a normal adenovirus to produce a more severe clinical presentation, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said […]
People with severe COVID-19 are at excess risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), but whether risk also rises among patients with mild disease is unclear. Using Swedish national health databases, researchers identified more than 1 million people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between February 2020 and May 2021; incidence of first […]
