Persistent health problems were slightly more common in children after COVID-19 than in those of a similar age who avoided the virus, researchers from Denmark reported in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. But anxiety levels were higher in children who had never had COVID-19, according to the researchers. They said that 40% of infants […]
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Chinese megacity of Guangzhou cancels flights and carries out mass tests after a case of COVID-19
Lima, 04/28/2022 08:56 am China’s megacity of Guangzhou on Thursday canceled hundreds of flights and ordered 5.6 million people to be tested after detecting a suspected case of COVID-19, as the country grapples with an outbreak of the coronavirus. Canton, an important commercial and manufacturing pole in the south of Chinabegan testing almost a third […]
These are the countries that have eliminated the use of masks
The countries that have experienced a decrease in the numbers of infections and deaths from coronavirus -and see how the percentage of those vaccinated against COVID-19 increases- have decided to relax some measures such as confinements or curfews, but above all one that generates great demand in people: the use of the mask. Each country, […]
Severe COVID affects mental health more in the long run, study finds
Those who have had severe COVID-19, and especially if they have been in bed for more than seven days, are more likely to experience mental health disorders, such as depression or anxiety, up to 16 months after illness than those who have had the virus mildly, indicates a study published in “The Lancet”. A team […]
Possible link between coronavirus and diabetes examined
Updated on 03/19/2022 04:09 am When their 11-year-old son started losing weight and drinking lots of water, Tabitha and Bryan Balcitis blamed a growth spurt and advice from their health class. But an unusual moodiness and lethargy caused them concern, and tests revealed that his blood glucose levels were extremely high. Just six months after […]
A fourth dose of anti-COVID vaccine provides marginal benefits against omicron, study reveals
Updated on 03/16/2022 07:50 pm A fourth dose of existing mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 may have only marginal benefits” for healthy young adults, according to a new Israeli study. The authors of the study, led by Gili Regev Yochaywrote that their research seems to indicate that the advantages of the three doses of the vaccine […]
Persistent COVID would have a respiratory disease as a sequel
Persistent COVID can have the potentially long-lasting effect of small airway disease in which the lungs do not completely empty of air, which would occur regardless of the initial severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection. An investigation published in the journal Radiology and signed by the University of Iowa (USA) studied this trapping of air in the […]
Israel announces discovery of unknown coronavirus variant combining BA.1 and BA.2
Updated on 03/16/2022 08:23 am The Israeli Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that it had detected two cases of contamination by an unidentified variant of the coronavirus, without apparent severity and combining subvariants BA.1 and BA.2. “This variant is not yet known in the world and the two cases were discovered thanks to PCR […]
Slowly, coronavirus infections rise again in Europe
Slowly and silently, the pandemic overshadowed by the invasion of Ukraine and other events in international politics, coronavirus infections are rising again in many European countries, although in most they are cases that do not correspond to a increase in hospitalizations. On Germany For the first time, 1,600 new infections per hundred thousand inhabitants have […]
China returns to lockdown after spike in COVID-19 cases
Updated on 03/15/2022 07:50 pm China imposed the return of confinement in Jilin province after breaking a record of 5,000 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day, according to BBC. Due to this, 24 million people who reside in this northeastern area will have to face severe restrictions such as virtual classes, working remotely […]