In a new risk-assessment document, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) summarizes what we currently know about monkeypox and recommends that European countries focus on the identification and management of the disease as well as contract tracing and prompt reporting of new cases of the virus. Recent […]
NEW ORLEANS – A single dose of a synthetic formulation of psilocybin provides rapid improvement in treatment-resistant depression, with benefits sustained for up to 12 weeks, according to results from the largest randomized controlled study of psilocybin to date. Dr Guy Goodwin “This is easily the largest study of a psychedelic drug employing […]
México está cerrando su ciclo epidémico y transitando al estado endémico de la pandemia de COVID-19, aseguró a finales de abril de este año el subsecretario de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell. Sin embargo, ya son 12 entidades federativas que presentan repuntes significativos, de acuerdo con Arturo Erdély, actuario y doctor en Ciencias matemáticas por la UNAM. Arturo Erdély, quien se ha dedicado al análisis estadístico de la […]
A significantly stronger immune response against Omicron is seen, but it remains unclear how an updated vaccine will fare against future versions of the virus. Moderna released preliminary results on Wednesday on an updated coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant, calling it “our lead candidate” to serve as a U.S. booster […]
The COVID-19 crisis publicly exposed systemic problems within the US nursing home system, where about 40% of deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred during the pandemic’s first year. Now, a major report provides a blueprint for overhauling what the authors concluded is an “ineffective, inefficient, fragmented, and unsustainable” approach to long-term and postacute care. […]
En un artículo aun en preprint, la farmacéutica Sanofi presenta los resultados de su vacuna adyuvada con AS03 frente al SARS-CoV-2, que incluye la variante beta administrada como dosis de recuerdo en aquellos que recibieron un priming, de 3 a 7 meses antes, con dos dosis de vacuna Comirnaty. Patrocinado por el […]
Emergence and Evolution of H5N1 Bird Flu (Text Version) [illustration of different bird types] 1996-1997 H5N1 bird flu viruses first detected In 1996, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus is first identified in domestic waterfowl in Southern China. The virus is named A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996. In 1997, H5N1 poultry outbreaks happen in […]
España La población de 0 a 19 años de edad suma un total de 9’219.654 personas, lo que representa 19,4% de la población total. La población del grupo de edad de 5 a 11 años es de 3’355.137, es decir, 7% de la población total, según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) de España. […]
Fidaxomicin (Fificid) emerged favorable to vancomycin for the treatment of both initial and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections in a Medicare population, according to a new retrospective study. Although fidaxomicin was about 14% more effective than vancomycin in treating the initial infection, a larger difference of 30% was found among people with recurrent C difficile infections. Lead investigator […]
A small study conducted in Germany takes a step toward quantifying the COVID risk of gyms and fitness clubs. Scientists have known since early in the pandemic that COVID is usually spread in the air by aerosol particles expelled by infected people, and the harder people breathe — as when […]
