Experts from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center on Friday encouraged the use of masks on public transportation and airplanes despite a federal judge’s decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate for those types of travel. While COVID-19 cases in the United States remain low compared […]
Luego de que el gobierno de Nuevo León anunció que a partir del próximo domingo será opcional el uso del cubreboca en lugares cerrados, especialistas alertan que la pandemia de Covid-19 no ha terminado, y no se justifica relajar las medidas preventivas como la de la mascarilla. Para el infectólogo […]
Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines were recommended for people aged 18 years or older in November 2021 following the recommendation of an additional primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine for select immunocompromised populations on August 13, 2021.1 As of February 26, 2022, more than 93 million booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines had […]
Healthcare providers should always obtain a travel history from febrile patients. Fever in a person who has recently traveled in a malaria-endemic area should always be immediately evaluated using the appropriate diagnostic tests for malaria. Diagnosis Rapid and accurate diagnosis of malaria is integral to the appropriate treatment of affected […]
Esta información está dirigida al público en general. Los profesionales de atención médica pueden consultar Finalización del aislamiento y precauciones para personas con COVID-19. Las personas con COVID-19 y sus contactos cercanos deben seguir las recomendaciones que se describen en esta página. Estas recomendaciones no cambian en función de los niveles […]
Funcionarios de salud pública de varios países están investigando decenas de casos de hepatitis aguda grave en pacientes pediátricos; al momento se desconoce el origen de las infecciones.[1] Setenta y cuatro casos han sido reportados en el Reino Unido, hay tres casos documentados en España, y hay reportes de casos similares en Dinamarca […]
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health alert regarding severe hepatitis in young children after several cases have been reported in Alabama. Public health officials in the United Kingdom are also investigating over 100 cases. While the source of the infections is unknown, “a possible association between pediatric hepatitis and adenovirus […]
Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) que es la agencia nacional de salud pública de los Estados Unidos advierten que hay un brote de enfermedad meningocócica en Florida. El Departamento de Salud del estado (FDOH) informa que en lo que corre del año 2022 los casos que se han identificado superan […]
Healthy pet dogs and cats could be transmitting both antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes involved in bacterial resistance to their owners, according to new research from the UK and Portugal. The preprint, but peer reviewed, study findings, to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases […]
Risks for chronic disease rose among COVID-19 survivors, compared with risks among contemporary controls. COVID-19 often causes acute cardiovascular complications, even in young adults. To assess risk for chronic complications, investigators used U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) databases to estimate new cardiovascular disease that was first diagnosed at least 30 days after initial positive COVID-19 […]
