As of early March 2021, more than 2.5 million individuals worldwide have died from COVID-19, but many more millions have survived COVID-19 and experienced lasting sequelae. As many as half of patients who survive hospitalization for COVID-19 experience prolonged work absence, financial difficulty, or emotional effects, each of which may […]
As COVID-19 cases resulting from infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants accumulate in the US and around the world, one question looms large: How well do the COVID-19 vaccines developed so far protect against these novel coronavirus spinoffs? “The virus is telling us it’s going to throw out a lot of mutations,” […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have established new criteria to classify variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The criteria are meant to clarify how much is known about recent changes to the circulating viruses. The levels also help convey […]
El día de ayer la prensa notificó la presencia de anticuerpos en una niña nacida de una madre vacunada contra Sars-Cov-2, los autores comentan: La pandemia COVID-19 ha creado una necesidad significativa de investigación activa con respecto a la seguridad y eficacia de las vacunas en madres embarazadas y lactantes, […]
Secuelas Post-Agudas de la COVID-19 (SPAC): Los síntomas más comunes del SPAC incluyen fatiga, problemas gastrointestinales, afecciones mentales, dificultad para dormir, capacidad pulmonar alterada y lo que se le conoce como “Neblina Cerebral COVID” Créditos: Comité científico Covid
Amid ongoing concern about reports of thromboembolic events occurring in European Union (EU) residents who have received AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that the “benefit to risk ratio remains positive” for the vaccine, and that Europeans should continue to receive the vaccine […]
Normalmente los miércoles se visualiza un aumento en el número de casos registrados que representa la captación de casos por reportes retardados. Sin embargo, hoy miércoles 17 de marzo, 2021, con datos de hasta de ayer, no solo continuó el descenso a nivel nacional sino que se precipito. Es difícil […]
Anthony Fauci, MD, says he’s concerned about how Americans will react once the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control, CBS News reports. Noting that an American Psychological Association survey showed people reporting high stress levels because of the pandemic, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell asked if Fauci was worried about a possible “mental […]
La característica más sorprendente del covid-19 es su heterogeneidad, que va desde ningún síntoma a enfermedad crítica. Qué necesitan saber los clínicos e intensivistas que cuidan a pacientes con neumonía grave de covid-19 sobre las características clínicas epidemiológicas del covid-19, la evidencia hasta la fecha sobre los tratamientos de medicamentos […]
Eso observaba un artículo de mayo de 1919 en la revista Science, titulado “Las lecciones de la pandemia”. El autor, George A. Soper, era un ingeniero civil y de saneamiento que, entre otros logros, había ideado un plan para ventilar el sistema de metro subterráneo de Nueva York. Era famoso […]
