When Kamlendra Singh flew back to Missouri from India in April, he developed a cough and fever on the plane, despite being vaccinated for COVID-19 and testing negative for the virus right before departure. Still, Singh tested positive for COVID-19, most likely due to infection from the Delta variant, upon […]
Abstract Background Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been implemented to suppress the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Evidence indicates that NPIs against COVID-19 may also have effects on the transmission of seasonal influenza. Methods In this study, we use an absolute humidity-driven susceptible-infectious-recovered-susceptible (SIRS) model to quantify […]
18 months into a global pandemic, half of the United States has been vaccinated against COVID-19, but we are at the height of yet another surge as the Delta variant rages. On this encorce presentation of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s #BenchToBedside, our experts discuss how we care for one […]
After experiencing a brief decline in COVID-19 cases, the United States is once again seeing an increase in cases in most of the country. This recent increase follows a previous summer surge that was fueled by the highly contagious Delta (B.1.617.2) variant and low vaccination coverage in many communities. COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness […]
Now that we’re halfway through the Greek alphabet for naming SARS-CoV-2 variants, it is clear that some are more worrisome than others. Only four so far have raised enough alarm to warrant a World Health Organization ‘variant of concern’ designation — Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. And now there’s a new one […]
Si se presenta un evento trascendente relacionado con COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) en su país, por favor póngase en contacto con nosotros para agregarlo al próximo resumen semanal. Variante mu: “Más que preocupados, estamos vigilantes”, dice la Organización Panamericana de la Salud La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ingresó a su lista de […]
People who contract the Delta variant have double the risk of hospitalization, as compared with earlier versions of the coronavirus, according to a new study published Friday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Based in England, the large study found that the Delta variant led to a higher rate of hospital admission and emergency care, with […]
Créditos: Comité científico Covid
Los residentes no pueden salir de sus casas ni para comprar comida y es el Ejército el encargado de repartir víveres. Se trata del peor brote que ha sufrido el país en la pandemia. Pocos países en el mundo podían presumir de no haber contabilizado ni una muerte por covid-19 […]
Eight notable variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been found since September 2020. Elisabeth Mahase reviews the line-up so far Alpha Considered a variant of concern by the World Health Organization, alpha was first identified in Kent in the UK in September 2020 and drove the UK’s second wave. While it was first thought […]
