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New, Simpler Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations for 2022

Here’s why it matters. The risk for pneumococcal disease rises with age, with the highest risk among those aged 65 or older and younger adults with chronic medical or immunocompromised conditions. These groups carry more than 90% of the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults. Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) includes meningitis, bacteremia, and […]

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Emergency Use Authorization

About Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) authority allows FDA to help strengthen the nation’s public health protections against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats including infectious diseases, by facilitating the availability and use of medical countermeasures (MCMs) needed during public health emergencies. Under section 564 of the […]

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COVID-19 and the Heart: Is Cardiology Ready?

Robert Harrington, MD: Hi. This is Bob Harrington from Stanford University, here on theheart.org and Medscape Cardiology. Throughout the course of the last 2 years, we’ve been trying to bring to our listenership and our readership a series of topics on the intersection of COVID-19 and the heart — cardiovascular disease. […]

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Here are 5 things to know about CDC’s new COVID-19 Community Levels.

Finding out your Community Level will help you know what prevention measures to take to protect those at risk of severe illness and reduce strain on the healthcare system. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html?fbclid=IwAR3-VsUYCetMh2YKn0FX0l7lvkqMZL3bEnyCGR2mmpI3fWrkKsJRkvt7qqk Créditos: Comité científico Covid

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BA.2, la nueva subvariante de ómicron que se propaga más rápido y causaría una enfermedad más grave

una subvariante de la variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus— no solo se está propagando más rápido que su primo lejano, sino que también podría causar una enfermedad más grave y sería capaz de frustrar algunas de las armas clave que tenemos contra el covid-19, sugiere una nueva investigación. Esto sabemos. ver […]

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Safety Monitoring of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses Among Adults — United States, September 22, 2021–February 6, 2022

What is already known about this topic? In preauthorization trials, adverse reactions were reported less frequently following a homologous COVID-19 mRNA vaccine booster dose than after receipt of the second primary dose. What is added by this report? Review of surveillance data found that local and systemic reactions were less […]

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Carlos del Río: “Esta pandemia ha sido brutalmente fuerte”

El coronavirus ha cambiado el mundo como lo conocíamos. Más de 5,5 millones de personas han muerto por covid en el planeta. A dos años de su aparición, el virus ha trastocado Gobiernos, economías y sociedades, y ha creado y erosionado certezas con el paso de los meses. Cuando parecía que la pandemia estaba […]

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U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Top 800,000

This year’s coronavirus fatalities exceed those reported in 2020 as new infections, hospitalizations rise in parts of the country Reported Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. have surpassed 800,000, with the coronavirus pandemic set to continue into the new year. Data from Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday showed the U.S. has […]

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