– El objetivo es promover la profesionalización y actualización del personal que presta el servicio de salud en la región. TIJUANA.- El Clúster médico de Baja California firmó convenio de colaboración con la Comisión de Arbitraje Médico para fortalecer la profesionalización y certificación de la praxis médica privada en la región, […]
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Medical and public health officials are concerned—and puzzled—by the increasing number of confirmed monkeypox cases in countries outside central and western Africa, where the virus is endemic. In the past 5 years, scientists have confirmed only 8 cases where travelers carried monkeypox to countries outside Africa, including 2 cases last year in […]
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Practice Essentials The definition of COVID-19 reinfection has evolved since early 2021. Fundamentally, it describes an infected individual who has been fully vaccinated, with or without a booster or boosters, and becomes infected with COVID-19 again. The CDC more precisely defines it as COVID-19 infection of a given person with […]
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The CDC is investigating 180 reports of unexplained acute hepatitis among pediatric patients in 36 states and territories, including 5 deaths, over the past 7 months, the agency announced on May 18. Nine percent of the patients required liver transplants. About 340 additional cases have been reported worldwide, according to a May […]
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Summary What is already known about this topic? Lagevrio and Paxlovid are oral antiviral drugs effective at preventing hospitalization and death in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at risk for progression to severe disease. What is added by this report? During December 23, 2021–May 21, 2022, 1,076,762 […]
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Laboratory Studies Because the signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may overlap with those of other respiratory pathogens, it is important to perform laboratory testing to specifically identify symptomatic individuals infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Moreover, it is estimated that up to 40% of people with SARS-CoV-2 infection […]
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Pregnant women with monkeypox will be advised to give birth by C-section to avoid infecting their baby during delivery, according to a new paper in Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. The risk of monkeypox infection remains low for the general public, the authors wrote, though cases continue to grow worldwide, particularly in the U.K. “We […]
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De la percepción de los especialistas en la práctica diaria a la evidencia: la escabiosis (sarna) se ha convertido en un nuevo desafío “en tiempo real” para los dermatólogos, especialmente a partir de la irrupción de la pandemia de la COVID-19.[1] Dra. Yolanda Gilaberte/Fuente: EADV “La escabiosis siempre ha estado presente en […]
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Fragments of the monkeypox virus have been detected in semen in a handful of patients in Italy, raising questions over whether sexual transmission of the disease is a possibility, scientists said on Monday. The monkeypox virus is understood to spread through close contact with an infected person, who may shed […]
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