Aunque con las vacunas las hospitalizaciones por Covid-19 se han reducido y cada vez menos pacientes precisan de cuidados intensivos, todavía hay gente que acaba en la UCI y falleciendo a causa de esta enfermedad. Las tasas de mortalidad por Covid no han variado, y las tasas por otras causas han aumento en los pacientes que precisan […]
LISBON, Portugal — An overall ninefold increase in COVID-19 antibody levels can be seen with a longer interval between first and second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine in people without prior infection, according to data from the UK government’s SIREN (SARS-CoV-2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation) study. This interval-dependent antibody […]
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the approval of the COVID-19 treatment Veklury (remdesivir) to include pediatric patients 28 days of age and older weighing at least 3 kilograms (about 7 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, who are: Hospitalized, or Not hospitalized and have […]
A pair of new studies offers more evidence for the value of vegetables and the risk of red meat on the cancer prevention front. Researchers report that high consumption of vegetables – especially lettuce, legumes, and cruciferous varieties – appears to lower the risk of liver cancer/liver disease. A separate team suggests […]
Un estudio publicado en una revista médica revela que las personas de 50 años o más que tuvieron covid-19 tienen más riesgo de padecer herpes tipo zóster. Según expertos, esta enfermedad de la piel es causada por un virus y es una reactivación de la varicela. Asimismo, estudios médicos señalan […]
Peripheral muscle fatigue was the most common cause of exercise limitation in patients recovered from COVID-19 regardless of disease severity, in a study of nearly 300 individuals. The source and magnitude of exercise intolerance in post–COVID-19 patients has not been well studied, said Mauricio Milani, MD, of Fitcordis Exercise Medicine […]
Two new oral antiviral medications are available for treatment of COVID-19. Two new antiviral medications, ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid, ie, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) and molnupiravir (Lagevrio), are currently available in the US under emergency use authorization. These 2 drugs are authorized for treatment of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are not […]
During the first year of the pandemic, at least four people in Michigan were infected with a coronavirus variant that has been found in mink. The cluster, which previously included three cases, marks the first known instance of likely animal-to-human “spillover” of the virus in the U.S., according to The New York […]
Experts from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center on Friday encouraged the use of masks on public transportation and airplanes despite a federal judge’s decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate for those types of travel. While COVID-19 cases in the United States remain low compared […]
If I’m the only person wearing a mask on a plane or subway train, in a store or at another indoor location, am I really protected from infection? It’s true that masks work best when everyone around you is wearing one. That’s because when an infected person wears a mask, a large […]
