Top U.S. infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday it is possible for COVID-19 to be reduced to an endemic illness from the current major health crisis next year if the country ramps up vaccination rates. Booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are vital for reaching that point, […]
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La pandemia de la COVID-19 revolucionó nuestra forma de vivir, de relacionarnos y trajo a la boca de todos un tema que ha sido central en la medicina moderna y que tal vez pasa desapercibido como pilar de nuestra calidad de vida actual: la vacunación. Debido a la gravedad de […]
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Having just lost one parent to COVID-19 and seeing the other hospitalized with the illness, a teenager was in such despair that suicide seemed like the only way out. Fortunately, the youth and the remaining parent survived, but there is no escaping the psychological wounds this young person—and thousands of […]
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Health officials have warned of a “bumpy few months ahead” as they extended the Covid-19 booster programme to include healthy adults over the age of 40. Ministers across the UK have accepted a recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) that the booster programme should be extended […]
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El texto ha sido modificado para su mejor comprensión. Hola. Soy la Dra. Zaira Medina, grabando para Medscape en español y el día de hoy les voy a hablar sobre los casos de trombosis venosa cerebral luego de recibir la vacuna contra la COVID-19. Después de la aplicación de millones de dosis de vacunas […]
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Pfizer has signed a deal to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, possibly opening up access to treatment to countries across the world. On Tuesday, the company said it would give a license for the pill to the Medicines Patent Pool, a U.N.-backed group based in Geneva, […]
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Find a COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5 Years and Older The federal government is providing the COVID-19 vaccine free of charge to all people living in the United States, regardless of their immigration or health insurance status. Check with your child’s healthcare provider about whether they offer COVID-19 vaccination. Check your local pharmacy’s website to see […]
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¿Qué diferencia hay entre la influenza y el COVID-19? Tanto la influenza (gripe) como el COVID-19 son enfermedades respiratorias contagiosas, pero son provocadas por virus diferentes. El COVID-19 es causado por la infección con un coronavirus identificado por primera vez en 2019, mientras que la influenza es causada por la infección […]
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A federal judge overruled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates in schools, opening up the ability for school districts to set their own rules. US District Court Judge Lee Yeakel said the order violated the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act because it hindered access to public education and […]
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Opening a new chapter in the treatment of COVID-19—one borrowed from successfully tackling the AIDS virus—the drug behemoth Pfizer today reported upbeat results for a 5-day pill regimen to treat early infections with SARS-CoV-2. In a trial that an outside monitoring group halted early because the treatment appeared so promising, […]
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