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If you have heart disease, or have survived a heart attack or stroke, you know it can be challenging – even during normal times. COVID-19 has added another layer of worry, leaving many people with heart disease and other conditions on even higher alert than usual to stay healthy. Experts […]
Despite significant progress over the last few decades, meningitis remains a much-feared disease worldwide with a high case fatality rate and a propensity to cause epidemics that present a major challenge for health systems, economies and society. Meningitis caused an estimated 250 000 deaths in 2019, leaving one in five […]
Worldwide childhood vaccinations continued to decline in 2021, fueled by a multitude of factors from COVID-19 to challenging immunization settings, according to a statement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The percentage of children who received 3 doses of the vaccine against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP)—a marker […]
El pasado domingo 18 de septiembre, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, declaró como terminada la pandemia de COVID-19 en Estados Unidos; sin embargo, una nueva subvariante del virus que causa la enfermedad podría dar un duro revés a las declaraciones del mandatario y al curso mismo de la pandemia. Hablamos de […]
This site provides an integrated, county view of key data for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It allows for the exploration of standardized data across the country.§ The footnotes describe each data source and the methods used for calculating the metrics. For the most complete and up-to-date data […]
You will learn about the signs and symptoms of monkeypox, how it spreads, understanding your risk, and how to prevent and treat monkeypox. You’ll also hear about the trends for the current outbreak in the United States, how CDC is responding to and working toward reducing stigma surrounding monkeypox, and […]
Tixagevimab-cilgavimab is a combination medication to help prevent COVID-19 infection. Tixagevimab-cilgavimab (Evusheld) consists of 2 long-acting monoclonal antibodies that bind to the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19 to prevent it from infecting human cells. When Can Tixagevimab-Cilgavimab Be Given? Tixagevimab-cilgavimab is not a treatment for COVID-19 and […]
To say that Krystal Lashley went to great lengths to get the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) would be a gross understatement. In April, Lashley traveled roughly 3700 miles from her home in Metuchen, New Jersey, to a pharmacy in Paris, France, for her first dose. She then flew to the […]
Un virus recientemente descubierto en un murciélago ruso y similar al SARS-CoV-2 es capaz de entrar en las células humanas y sería resistente a las vacunas, pero carece de algunos de los genes que se cree que están implicados en la patogénesis en humanos. El virus se ha llamado Khosta-2 y es un sarbecovirus, la misma subcategoría que el […]
In a recent study published in Indoor Air, researchers extensively searched for the origins of the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC). Background […]