The incubation period from infection to symptoms or a first positive COVID-19 test has decreased as the coronavirus has evolved, dropping from 5 days to 3.5 days, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. With the Alpha variant, the incubation period was about 5 days, which fell to 4.5 for […]
In their new study, published in Circulation, the authors explained that myocarditis is more common after COVID-19 infection than after COVID-19 vaccination. However, the risks in younger people and after sequential vaccine doses were less certain. For the self-controlled case series study, the researchers used the National Immunisation Database of COVID-19 vaccination […]
El poso que deja la covid en el organismo sigue latente muchos meses después. Como un lastre que acompaña a las personas que han pasado la enfermedad, el riesgo de desarrollar algunas dolencias psiquiátricas y neurológicas, como los brotes psicóticos, la demencia, la niebla mental o la epilepsia, sigue al […]
Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have greatly reduced the risk of severe disease and death. However, SARS-CoV-2 continues to mutate in unpredictable ways that can reduce the effectiveness of the current vaccines. The risk of a new coronavirus spilling over from animals to people also remains a […]
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), published a new paper in Cell Reports Medicine demonstrating the protective potential of multiple doses of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of patients with type 1 diabetes conducted at the start of the pandemic (before […]
Summary What is already known about this topic? A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is recommended for children aged 5–11 years; approximately 657,302 third doses were administered to children in this age group during May–July 2022. What is added by this report? Among children aged 5–11 years, local and systemic […]
BackgroundUnderstanding the magnitude of cancer burden attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors is crucial for development of effective prevention and mitigation strategies. We analysed results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 to inform cancer control planning efforts globally.MethodsThe GBD 2019 comparative risk assessment […]
Adolescents may experience short-term respiratory effects from vaping, such as coughing and wheezing, but studies are needed to determine long-term effects on their hearts and lungs, according to a recent scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). The statement includes recommendations to curb adolescent vaping, which is the most popular way […]
People with monkeypox get a rash that may be located on or near the genitals (penis, testicles, labia, and vagina) or anus (butthole) and could be on other areas like the hands, feet, chest, face, or mouth. The rash will go through several stages, including scabs, before healing. The rash […]
Con motivo de la presentación de resultados del segundo trimestre del año, la farmacéutica Moderna, Inc. ha actualizado la situación de las vacunas en su pipeline. Respecto a las respiratorias, y al margen de las del COVID-19 (destacan la fase II de una vacuna de mRNA que no precisa de […]
