UPDATED with comments March 1, 2021 // The majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are attributable to four preexisting cardiometabolic conditions, a new study suggests. The authors estimate that among the 906,849 total COVID-19 hospitalizations that had occurred among US adults as of November 2020, 30% were attributable to obesity; 26% […]
A small number of people have tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated, which is also known as a “breakthrough” case. The two-week mark is important because the body needs enough time to develop immunity, according to Prevention. So far, those with breakthrough cases have reported […]
ACTUALIZACIÓN #OnuMxCOVID19 Casos de coronavirus en el mundo: 129,619,536 2,827,610 muertes En México hay 2,247,357 casos acumulados, 29,163 casos activos y 203,854 muertes** *Datos hasta las 09:00 hrs. del 03 de abril de 2021. Informe Técnico Diario COVID-19 MÉXICO: https://bit.ly/2PXokpN El periodo del estudio de USA no incluye […]
A study analyzing US mortality in March-July 2020 reported a 20% increase in excess deaths, only partly explained by COVID-19. Surges in excess deaths varied in timing and duration across states and were accompanied by increased mortality from non–COVID-19 causes.1 This study updates the analysis for the remainder of 2020. […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government acknowledged Saturday that the country’s true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic now stands above 321,000, almost 60% more than the official test-confirmed number of 201,429. Mexico does little testing, and because hospitals were overwhelmed, many Mexicans died at home without getting a test. […]
Un nuevo estudio analizó los efectos de la vacuna en 237 trabajadores de la salud Un nuevo estudio que analizó el efecto de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer / BioNTech descubrió que casi todos los receptores generaron una respuesta inmune “robusta” después de una sola dosis. La investigación […]
Results of a large study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding COVID-19 severity and obesity (see Infographic below), as well as data regarding antibody response to vaccination in patients with obesity, resulted in this week’s top trending clinical topic. A new CDC study of nearly 150,000 […]
As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — […]
Nuevo: el rastreador de datos COVID-de CDC ahora incluye datos de casos y tendencias de muertes para diferentes grupos demográficos. Sigue el impacto del COVID-19 por edad, raza y etnia y sexo desde que comenzó la pandemia. Vea los datos: http://bit.ly/CDTdemotrends. Créditos: Comité científico Covid
Los habitantes de París y ciertas otras regiones de Francia pasaron su primer fin de semana bajo una cuarentena de un mes a fin de combatir la propagación del coronavirus. Sin embargo, abundaron las críticas contra las medidas del gobierno ya que algunos las consideraron desorganizadas. Una autorización de viajes […]
