Se publica proyecto de NOM para residencias médicas La Secretaría de Salud publicó el proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) para regular las residencias médicas (PROY-NOM-001-SSA-2023), el cual no presenta modificaciones sobre las características de las guardias de los médicos residentes respecto a la Norma Oficial de Emergencia publicada el […]
Expiration dates have been extended from 9 months after manufacture to 12 months for 4 lots of the COVID-19 antiviral therapy Paxlovid, which consists of copackaged nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets. The lot numbers and original expiration dates are listed on the FDA website. The nirmatrelvir-ritonavir lots were manufactured before the FDA […]
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has continuously mutated since it emerged in late 2019. This rapid evolution poses challenges for vaccines and treatments designed to target the virus. A booster shot is now needed to produce antibodies to fight off the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. And several combinations of […]
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 […]
Un fármaco que lleva más de 70 años en uso clínico puede proteger contra las lesiones pulmonares y el riesgo de coágulos sanguíneos en la Covid-19 grave y otros trastornos que causan daños inmunológicos en los pulmones, según un estudio preclínico de investigadores de Weill Cornell Medicine y Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Estados Unidos). Los investigadores, […]
Doctors at Duke University are leading a national study to test whether three drugs could effectively treat COVID-19 — including ivermectin — according to The News & Observer. The study, which began last summer, is attempting to provide a comprehensive assessment of the controversial treatment. Ivermectin has been celebrated by some as a […]
Un grupo de investigación dirigido por Shin-ichiro Fujii, del Centro RIKEN de Ciencias Médicas Integrativas de Japón, ha descubierto que las personas con un determinado tipo de antígenos leucocitarios humanos (HLA) pueden ser capaces de montar una respuesta de células T asesinas contra el COVID-19, gracias a que las células T responden a una parte de la proteína de espiga del virus que también está […]
The impotence pill Viagra may be a useful treatment against Alzheimer’s disease, say US researchers who have been studying its effects in the brain. Tests in cells suggest the drug targets some of the proteins that accumulate in this type of dementia. The Cleveland team also analysed a database of […]
Seven different COVID-19 vaccines increase immunity when used as a booster for people who have had two doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, and 6 vaccines provide immunity as boosters after 2 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech, a study has shown. However there were large variations in antibody and cellular immune responses between vaccines. […]
More than 400,000 people in the U.S. have received COVID-19 booster shots at pharmacies since the third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized last week, White House officials announced Tuesday. Most of the shots were given over the weekend, and nearly 1 million people have scheduled appointments to get […]
