18 months into a global pandemic, half of the United States has been vaccinated against COVID-19, but we are at the height of yet another surge as the Delta variant rages. On this encorce presentation of The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s #BenchToBedside, our experts discuss how we care for one […]
El grupo de científicos concluye que no hay evidencia suficiente ni una necesidad imperiosa para que los adultos sanos reciban una tercera dosis. Un panel de expertos que asesora a la agencia reguladora del medicamento en Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus filas en inglés) ha recomendado este viernes no aprobar una […]
Créditos: Comité científico Covid
It’s a struggle for Joe Gammon to talk. Lying in his bed in the intensive care unit at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, this month, he described himself as “naive.” “If I would have known six months ago that this could be possible, this would have been a […]
Un estudio dirigido por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) encontró que la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Moderna es más efectiva contra la hospitalización, pero las de Pfizer y Johnson & Johnson también protegen bien. Un estudio de cabeza a cabeza de las […]
After experiencing a brief decline in COVID-19 cases, the United States is once again seeing an increase in cases in most of the country. This recent increase follows a previous summer surge that was fueled by the highly contagious Delta (B.1.617.2) variant and low vaccination coverage in many communities. COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against serious illness […]
The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has issued interim recommendations for the use of the Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19. This article provides a summary of those interim recommendations; you may access the full guidance document here. Here is what you need to know. This article provides a summary of the interim recommendations; the […]
PEKÍN, CHN. Un estudio chino que analizó la combinación heteróloga de vacunas contra la COVID-19 mostró que recibir una dosis de refuerzo de Convidecia la vacuna de CanSino Biologics (CanSinoBIO) después de una o dos dosis de la vacuna CoronaVac de Sinovac produjo una respuesta de anticuerpos mucho más fuerte que usar la vacuna de Sinovac como refuerzo.[1] El estudio, uno de los […]
The best protection against COVID-19? Getting vaccinated, not waiting for illness to create natural immunity, says infectious disease expert Anna Durbin. A common reason cited for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19—especially among the young and healthy—is “I trust my immune system” or some variation of that line. The same goes […]
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its latest round of recommendations regarding seasonal influenza vaccines, the document contained one notable update: flu vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines can now be given simultaneously. This change stands in marked contrast to previous recommendations, in which the CDC said that other vaccinations […]
