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Vacuna de Pfizer aumentaría protección contra Variante Delta si se aplican 3 dosis

La farmacéutica planea solicitar un permiso para aplicar una tercera dosis y así garantizar una máxima protección contra la Variante Delta. Aunque en un momento se pensó que la pandemia ya estaba controlada ahora la visión es distinta. Los repuntes que han surgido en distintos países han provocado un aumento […]

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¿Vacunado y confundido? Cuatro respuestas sobre el auge de la variante delta

Las vacunas protegen contra las variantes, pero los consejos contradictorios de las autoridades sanitarias sobre las mascarillas han desconcertado a un público preocupado. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) quiere que todo el mundo use mascarillas, pero los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE. UU. […]

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Vaccine Breakthrough Cases Rising With Delta: Here’s What That Means

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. At a recent town hall meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, President Joe Biden was asked about COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rising in response to the Delta variant. Touting the importance of vaccination, “We have a pandemic for […]

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Pfizer, AZ Vaccines Effective Against Delta After 2 Doses: Study

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines — the primary vaccine options in the United Kingdom — were less effective against symptomatic COVID-19 when people were exposed to the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 compared with the Alpha variant (known […]

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‘Dealing With a Different Beast’: Why Delta Has Doctors Worried

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Catherine O’Neal, MD, an infectious disease physician, took to the podium of the Louisiana governor’s press conference on July 16 and did not mince words. “The delta variant is not last year’s virus, and it’s become incredibly […]

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