PEKÍN (Reuters) – China reportó el domingo su mayor número de nuevas infecciones por COVID-19 en seis meses, un día después de que funcionarios de salud dijeron que se mantendrían con estrictas restricciones de coronavirus, probablemente decepcionando las recientes esperanzas de los inversores de una relajación. China registró el sábado […]
COVID-19 “es una infección endémica que permanecerá con nosotros a lo largo de las generaciones” Para el Dr. Thomas Mertens, médico y virólogo que dirige la comisión permanente asesora de vacunación de Alemania (STIKO), no cabe duda de que la pandemia como tal terminó. “Se podría decir que ahora COVID-19 es […]
Según noticias de la agencia AP, la ciudad china de Shanghai se convertido en la primera ciudad del país que ha comenzado con la administración de una vacuna inhalada frente a la COVID-19, lo que supone la primera vez en la que se utiliza esta vía para inmunizar a la población. […]
As part of its ongoing work to track variants, WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) met on the 24 October 2022 to discuss the latest evidence on the Omicron variant of concern, and how its evolution is currently unfolding, in light of high levels of population immunity […]
An uptick in sore throats, coughs, and fevers are telltale signs that flu season has arrived in the United States. But this fall, those common symptoms might be a sign of something more sinister: Public health experts warn we are likely facing a “tripledemic,” the convergence of flu, COVID-19, and […]
Late fall heading into winter is known as respiratory virus season, but this year things are a little different. Three respiratory viruses are surging—RSV, COVID-19, and the flu—in what plenty of people are now calling a “tripledemic” of infectious diseases. Here’s a breakdown of what it’s like out there right now: Flu […]
A Public Health Success Story The chickenpox (varicella) vaccination program has made a significant public health and economic impact since it started in 1995. The United States became the first country to include the vaccine as part of the routine childhood immunization schedule. Before the program began, chickenpox used to […]
El doble de casos covid que la semana anterior: 20.652 en total. Estos son los datos aportados por el Ministerio de Sanidad, con fecha 14 de octubre -último informe publicado-, que confirman la tendencia al alza de la pandemia, creciendo la incidencia 30 puntos y rozando los 200 casos por 100.000 habitantes. Una situación extrapolable […]
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, likens predicting a flu season’s severity to forecasting a hurricane’s strength and its exact path 5 days before it makes landfall. With influenza, as with hurricanes, “[w]e have to expect the unexpected,” Osterholm, founder and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy […]
HME Director Chris Murray shares his thoughts on the Burden of Proof studies, which aim to help the public, research funders, and decision-makers navigate confusing health guidance. For Dr. Murray, the most surprising aspect of the findings was that for some associations that he took as grounded in really strong evidence in […]
