La compañía Moderna ha afirmado este lunes que su vacuna contra la Covid-19 genera una respuesta inmune fuerte en niños de entre seis y once años. Estos datos serán enviados a las autoridades sanitarias alrededor del mundo pronto para, posiblemente, ampliar la vacunación a los más pequeños. Así, la farmacéutica estadounidense afirma que las dos dosis ...
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La variante Delta del SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.617.2, detectada originalmente en India) es desde hace ya tiempo la gran dominante a nivel mundial, tras imponerse a la variante Alfa (B.1.1.7, detectada originalmente en Reino Unido). De acuerdo con la evidencia científica con la que se cuenta hasta la fecha, Delta ha conseguido expandirse con gran rapidez por ...
Leer Más »The number of people affected by the «persistent Covid» is much higher than expected
The growing scientific evidence regarding SARS-CoV-2 focuses more and more on the sequelae derived from Covid-19 and the possible persistent symptoms after overcoming the infection. On October 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the first official clinical definition of the «post-COVID-19» disease , known as «persistent Covid-19» , agreed after a global consultation with the aim of facilitating treating the ...
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En un número especial de la Revista Open Respiratory Archives tienes todas las comunicaciones que se presentaron en el 2º Congreso Nacional Multidisciplinar Covid-19 de las Sociedades Científicas de España. Puedes acceder a ellas desde el siguiente enlace: https://bit.ly/3xSLIpw
Leer Más »Dismantling the arguments of the anti-vaccines: they neither cause autism, nor do they have graphene, nor are they dangerous
They use all kinds of «arguments», they deny scientific research and tend to believe that they have the absolute truth. Throughout these months of pandemic, deniers have spread a number of hoaxes and false information against Covid-19 , its origin, contagion prevention measures and, once the vaccination campaign has begun, also against serums ...
Leer Más »Pfizer’s vaccine shows strong response and is safe in children ages 5 to 11
The companies Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Monday the results of a phase 2/3 trial showing a favorable safety profile and robust neutralizing antibody responses in children aged 5 to 11 years also with a two-dose regimen administered with 21 days. difference . The dose was 10ug , a lower dose than the 30 ug dose used for ...
Leer Más »Unvaccinated people are up to 11 times more likely to die from infection
Each and every one of the vaccines developed against COVID-19 that are currently being inoculated around the world, have demonstrated their safety and efficacy in preventing the development of moderate and / or severe disease , thus reducing the probabilities of hospital admission, ICU and death. Regulators such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the European Medicines Agency ...
Leer Más »Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of hospitalization by Covid-19
The harmful effects on our health derived from continued exposure to air pollution have been widely documented through growing scientific evidence . Several studies have related in recent months the risk that contamination poses in case of SARS-CoV-2 infection . In this sense, we focus on a recent research carried out by the Environmental Research Group of the London ...
Leer Más »Fisioterapeutas de centros sanitarios y residencias españolas recibirán asistencia telefónica psicológica 24 horas, para aliviar el estrés emocional provocado por la COVID-19
Javier Miralles, presidente del patronato de la Fundación Salud y Persona y Pilar González de Frutos, presidenta de UNESPA (Unión Española de Entidades Aseguradoras y Reaseguradoras) han firmado un convenio con el que se va a poner en funcionamiento un servicio telefónico gratuito de apoyo psicológico, destinado al personal sanitario implicado en la lucha ...
Leer Más »Covid-19: The health professionals are not spared the fifth wave with more than 12,000 infections
The Ministry of Health publishes weekly the data of health professionals who have been infected with Covid-19 . Statistics show that although they are one of the most immunized groups, cases continue to be counted among them, as has happened with the population as a whole during the fifth wave of infections that took place in the ...
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