The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is replacing its sister version, BA.1, as the dominant form of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, which has led scientists to wonder whether the COVID-19 pandemic is about to throw these regions into disarray yet again. But a study published on 13 March shows that mRNA vaccines offer a similar degree […]
Can doctors support the boycott of health supplies, including drugs and life-saving treatments, to the Russian citizens? Should they? Recently, the issue was raised in chats and social media, especially here in Europe. The war is part of our daily life now. We are all engaged in helping Ukrainian refugees, […]
COVID-19. We’ve been living with it for what sometimes seems like forever. Given the number of deaths that have occurred from the disease, it’s perhaps not surprising that some consumers are turning to drugs not approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). One of the FDA’s jobs is to […]
About a quarter of U.S. adults believe the worst of the pandemic has yet to come, according to the latest poll from Yahoo News and YouGov. About 27% said they think the worst is still coming, which has held steady for several months and was near 40% in September when the Delta variant […]
COVID-19 patients who are successfully weaned off a ventilator may take days, or even weeks, to regain consciousness, especially those who experienced episodes of hypoxemia while intubated, a new study shows. “As we started to see the first patients waking up after successful COVID-19 ICU treatments, we also encountered many […]
Health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was confirmed in a 3-year-old girl in the capital, Lilongwe. It was the first case in Africa in 5 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Globally, there were only five cases of wild poliovirus […]
Mortalidad récord en Hong Kong y millones de confinados en China Hasta hace algunas semanas Hong Kong era un territorio casi liberado de COVID-19, con solo 12.000 casos y apenas 220 decesos para fines de 2021 (sobre una población de casi 7,5 millones). Pero desde febrero los casos estallaron, con más de […]
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with significantly lower risks of hospitalisation and mortality compared with the Delta variant, according to the largest study to date to directly compare outcomes. Researchers in a multicentre UK team led by Imperial College London, the MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of […]
The BA.2 Omicron lineage was estimated to be 23.1% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States as of March 12, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. Scientists are tracking a rise in cases caused by BA.2, which is spreading rapidly in parts […]
A single dose of the Pfizer vaccine yielded a significant and rapid reduction in the risk of COVID-19 infection in children during the Delta variant period, a preprint study has found from Researchers at King’s College London and ZOE Ltd. However the protective effect was variant-dependent and the benefits “were noticeably less pronounced […]
