Question Does antiplatelet therapy administered to critically ill patients with COVID-19 improve organ support–free days (a composite end point of in-hospital mortality and duration of intensive care unit–based respiratory or cardiovascular support) up to day 21? Findings In this bayesian randomized clinical trial that included 1557 patients, antiplatelet therapy with either aspirin […]
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A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is effective in reducing the short-term risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death in people who got a third dose at least 4 months before, a large study published Wednesday shows. However, Paul Offit, MD, author of an editorial accompanying the study, told Medscape Medical News, […]
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Dos nuevas subvariantes de ómicron que parecen incluso más transmisibles que el altamente contagioso BA.2 están impulsando un aumento en los casos de COVID en Nueva York, informó el miércoles el departamento de salud del estado. Si bien no hay evidencia de que ninguna de las dos subvariantes cause una enfermedad más grave, […]
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New data from two different sources on cardiac complications linked to COVID-19 have shown that such issues are low overall, but are higher after infection than after vaccination. The new information comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet), and from a separate […]
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La semana pasada se registró el menor número de muertes por COVID-19 desde los primeros días de la pandemia, destacó este miércoles la Organización Mundial de la Salud que, a su vez, advirtió que en algunos países se siguen registrando “picos graves” de casos, una situación que presiona a los hospitales. Esta circunstancia comporta […]
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During the first 6 months of the US COVID-19 vaccination campaign, most adverse events reported to surveillance systems were mild and short-lived, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The study examined safety data collected through the new v-safe surveillance system and the Vaccine Adverse […]
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Aunque al principio se dijo que la Covid-19 solo afectaba los pulmones ahora el panorama es bastante distinto. Con el pasar del tiempo se detectó que también daña otros órganos como el corazón y los riñones. Mientras que un estudio dirigido por el King’s College de Londres, que contempló a casi 350 personas, […]
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Following a rapid outbreak assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), some chocolate eggs and other chocolate products made in Belgium have been linked to a multi-country salmonella outbreak prompting a major food recall. The products have also been recalled in US and Canada. Chocolate products made by Ferrero in […]
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The BA.2 subvariant of the omicron variant continues to rapidly spread throughout the U.S., now accounting for about 72 percent of all new Covid-19 cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new CDC estimate is up from about 55 percent a week ago, when the subvariant, […]
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El mundo se mantiene en un momento complicado por la pandemia de Covid-19. Por una parte, se observa una notoria disminución de casos en la mayoría de países. Pero aunque es una buena noticia, el exceso de confianza podría ser contraproducente. La consecuencia se puede traducir en rebrotes como los […]
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