A medida que la variante ómicron del nuevo coronavirus se propaga como un reguero de pólvora en Estados Unidos, es probable que casi todos estén expuestos a la cepa, pero a las personas vacunadas les irá mejor, dijo el martes el principal experto en enfermedades infecciosas del país. “Ómicron, con su grado […]
Although the new Omicron variant is spreading across the U.S. and world quickly, early reports suggest that it may cause less severe disease than the Delta variant. Doctors in South Africa, where the variant is becoming a dominant strain of the coronavirus, have said that hospitalization rates haven’t yet increased […]
Almost 100 million Americans were unvaccinated in July 2021, a number that is now is down 34% to about 66 million, President Joe Biden said Thursday. These numbers and others are evidence that federal efforts announced this summer, including vaccine requirements, are working, he said “We’re making important progress … […]
Getting the pandemic under control could take “many, many” more vaccine mandates, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday. Millions of Americans still need to get vaccinated, he said, and if health officials and community members can’t reach them, then school and business mandates may be […]
The phrase “fully vaccinated” will eventually change to mean a person has gotten a booster shot — not just the initial doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, predicted Anthony Fauci, MD, the White House chief medical adviser. During a White House briefing on Thursday, a reporter asked Fauci if he thinks the […]
“No lo hagan, no hay ninguna evidencia de que eso funcione”, dice el Dr. Anthony Fauci a aquellas personas que pretenden usar la ivermectina para combatir el covid-19. El director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas de EE.UU. insiste en que el fármaco puede ser tóxico y quienes lo tomen pueden enfermarse […]
America’s COVID-19 doctor, Anthony Fauci, MD, says he won’t bother taking an antibody test to find out whether he needs a coronavirus vaccine booster shot. “If I went to LabCorp or one of those places and said, ‘I would like to get the level of anti-spike antibodies,’ I could tell what my level is, if […]
The highly infectious and potentially more deadly COVID-19 variant that originated in India is now the dominant strain in the United Kingdom, a trajectory health officials are working to prevent in the United States, top coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci, MD, said at a news conference Tuesday. Variant B.1.1.7 was previously the most […]
Growing real-world evidence suggests that available COVID-19 vaccines are highly protective against known SARS-CoV-2 strains, including those designated as variants of concern by the CDC, according to NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD. In the opening keynote address at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) virtual meeting, Fauci highlighted newly reported vaccine data showing […]
Real-world effectiveness “easily as good, if not better” than trials Growing real-world evidence suggests that available COVID-19 vaccines are highly protective against known SARS-CoV-2 strains, including those designated as variants of concern by the CDC, according to NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD. In the opening keynote address at the American Thoracic […]
