A nivel nacional hay 134 unidades médicas en rojo, informa la Secretaría de Salud. La tercera ola de contagios del COVID-19, con el impulso de la variante Delta, avanza a toda velocidad en el país y ya saturó 25 hospitales de atención urgente en la Ciudad de México y Zona […]
There has been considerable debate regarding mandatory vaccine uptake among the general population, excluding those who have medical exemptions. The World Health Organization states that “policy-makers should consider specifically whether vaccines authorized for emergency or conditional use meet an evidentiary threshold for safety sufficient for a mandate.” Ontario’s chief medical officer, Dr […]
Viral mutations and variants in the United States are routinely monitored through sequence-based surveillance, laboratory studies, and epidemiological investigations. A US government SARS-CoV-2 Interagency Group (SIG) developed a Variant Classification scheme that defines three classes of SARS-CoV-2 variants: Variant of Interest Variant of Concern Variant of High Consequence The B.1.1.7 (Alpha), B.1.351 […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations set more than a year ago before vaccines were available. The Sunshine State had 10,207 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 […]
Los expertos sitúan la protección de grupo alrededor del 90%, una cifra imposible de conseguir sin vacunar a los niños, que suponen el 11% de la población. La inmunidad de rebaño, esa piedra filosofal que iba a convertir la pandemia en un recuerdo, es una meta que hoy por hoy […]
La carga viral de los infectados con la cepa descubierta en la India es hasta 1.260 veces más alta que en los afectados con mutacion. La variante delta se descubrió el pasado mes de octubre en la India. Desde entonces, se ha expandido a un centenar de países, incluido España, […]
Según un estudio interno de la farmacéutica, la efectividad de su vacuna desciende una media de un 6% entre el cuarto y sexto mes después de recibir la pauta completa. Este miércoles, la farmacéutica estadounidense Pfizer ha presentado nuevos datos de un estudio propio que sugieren que una tercera dosis de la vacuna contra la […]
Upon first inspection, the mutations in the highly contagious delta covid variant don’t look that worrisome. For starters, delta has fewer genetic changes than earlier versions of the coronavirus. “When people saw that the epidemic in India was driven by delta, they did not suspect it would be so bad […]
JOHN WHYTE: Welcome, everyone. I’m Dr. John Whyte, the chief medical officer at WebMD, and you’re watching Coronavirus in Context. What is happening with the Delta variant? Are we all going to need boosters in the fall? Do we have to start wearing masks, whether or not we’re vaccinated? So […]
Last week we interviewed Dr. Winston Timp about advances that have enabled the acquisition of robust viral sequencing data during the COVID-19 pandemic. That conversation showcased the role of less visible data streams as the United States combats the anticipated development and viral variants including the Delta variant and other COVID-19 […]
