Staffing shortages are the top patient safety issue on ECRI’s 2022 list of safety concerns, released on March 14. Besides the pandemic-related stress that has induced some nurses and doctors to leave their jobs, the nonprofit safety watchdog notes that a high proportion of nurses are at or near traditional retirement […]
Existen problemas que se han prolongado por años y uno de los más graves es el desabasto de medicamentos en México. Se trata de una situación que afecta a toda la población y hasta el momento no se ha ofrecido una solución real. De hecho, a partir de la pandemia de Covid-19 se incrementó […]
El mundo se mantiene en medio de una de las crisis sanitarias más graves de la era moderna. Aunque después de dos años el panorama parece mejorar. La tendencia de nuevos contagios diarios está a la baja en la mayoría del planeta y eso ha permitido retomar la mayoría de […]
Robert Harrington, MD: Hi. This is Bob Harrington from Stanford University, here on theheart.org and Medscape Cardiology. Throughout the course of the last 2 years, we’ve been trying to bring to our listenership and our readership a series of topics on the intersection of COVID-19 and the heart — cardiovascular disease. […]
The comparatively milder infections with the Omicron variant and higher levels of population immunity have raised hopes for a weakening of the pandemic. We argue that the lower severity of Omicron is a coincidence and that ongoing rapid antigenic evolution is likely to produce new variants that may escape immunity […]
The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” that would spread disease among the population, the agency told Reuters on Thursday. Biosecurity experts say Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine and bombardment of its cities have […]
All pandemics end eventually. But how, exactly, will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is really “over”? It turns out the answer to that question may lie more in sociology than epidemiology. As the world passes the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of the COVID pandemic, things seem […]
We have powerful tools—including vaccines, antiviral treatments, and nonpharmaceutical interventions like masking—to control SARS-CoV-2. These tools not only make it possible to move on and live with COVID but have the potential to prevent many other respiratory illnesses. In this Q&A, adapted from the February 18 episode of Public Health On Call, infectious […]
Dosing & Uses Dosage Forms & Strengths injection, frozen suspension concentrate Requires dilution before administration Purple cap and label border multiple-dose vial (after dilution yields six [30-mcg] doses/vial) COVID-19 Disease Prevention August 23, 2021 (full FDA approval): Indicated for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe […]
Las últimas semanas han sido de avance en la lucha contra la pandemia de Covid-19. A nivel global se ha visto una notoria reducción de contagios. De hecho, algunos países han empezado a relajar las medidas de prevención e higiene. Aunque eso no significa que el problema haya terminado porque […]
