El resurgimiento de poliomielitis en África y casos misteriosos de hepatitis en pacientes pediátricos de Europa y Estados Unidos, no solo encendieron las alertas en los sistemas de salud; sino que fueron tendencia en redes sociales gracias a que personal médico usó TikTok, Instagram y sobre todo Twitter para explicar lo que aconteció en el […]
The White House is rapidly making the COVID-19 drug Paxlovid more available, as the Biden administration puts renewed emphasis on treating COVID-19 rather than trying to prevent it. As cases rise, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha, MD, said the administration is expanding access and use of Paxlovid, a […]
Zinc use shortly before or after hospitalization of COVID-19 patients didn’t result in benefit, according to findings presented at the 2022 Critical Care Congress, the annual meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. “Zinc use is not correlated to mortality, mechanical ventilation, or [acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)] rates among COVID-19 patients,” said the […]
Even mundane tasks like making a meal can be exhausting for Louise Salant. “I’m totally wiped out,” said the 71-year-old former private music instructor with asthma who lives in New York City and has been coping with debilitating symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath, and gastrointestinal symptoms since recovering from a severe […]
Takeaway Several factors are likely to influence the risk of subsequent COVID-19-related mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) following a confirmed COVID-19 infection. The use of metformin, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is), and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists and a non-smoking status were associated with a lower […]
Científicos de la Universidad de Cardiff han detallado por primera vez la composición molecular de la envoltura exterior grasa del SARS-CoV-2, y dicen que podría resultar un nuevo objetivo importante para los antivirales. El trabajo del equipo sobre la envoltura de lípidos virales mostró que tenía diferencias significativas con las membranas de las células huésped sanas. […]
Results of a new multicenter study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that vaccination with a primary series of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced the risk of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in children ages 5–11 years by two-thirds during the Omicron period. Among adolescents ages 12–18 years who were vaccinated […]
Clinical Context Several clinical factors, including heart disease, increase risk for severe COVID-19 illness. The association of congenital heart defects (CHDs) with such risk among adults is unclear. A recent study which analyzed data from patients hospitalized with COVID-19 compared those with and without CHDs to provide additional evidence to […]
Hasta el momento se han identificado 151 casos del brote de salmonella en 11 países. El origen del brote se identificó en una planta de la empresa Ferrero en Bélgica. En México fueron retirados de manera voluntaria varios lotes sospechosos. Durante los últimos días se dio a conocer una noticia […]
anet Handal, who has taken immunosuppressive drugs since her 2010 kidney transplant, hasn’t exactly been impressed by public health messaging about COVID-19. A medical assistant at a University of Washington Medicine clinic prepares a 2-shot dose of a monoclonal antibody therapy that can help prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection among people who […]
