Many hospitals in the United States are looking abroad to hire healthcare professionals as they face crippling nursing shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic. And it could be just in time. This year there is an unusually high number of US resident cards (“green cards”) for foreign professionals, more than double the number a few years […]
Tag: Covid-19
WHO warns of “catastrophic impact” of pandemic on cancer patients
Updated on 02/03/2022 11:12 am The impact of the coronavirus on the health system has had an effect “catastrophic” in cancer patients and, in some countries, up to 50% of diagnostic, review and treatment services have been affected, warned the European regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO). Director of WHO-EuropeHans Kluge, lamented in […]
Europe faces a “unique” situation to control the pandemic, WHO believes
A “truce” in the pandemic that can lead to a “lasting peace”. This is how the World Health Organization (WHO) described the health situation in Europe, where several countries have begun to lift their restrictions, thanks to the high rate of the vaccinated population and the low virulence of the omicron variant. Two years after […]
European Medicines Agency explains that the fourth dose in immunocompromised patients is their “first booster”
Updated on 02/03/2022 09:55 am The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has urged giving a fourth dose of Pfizer or Moderna to people with severely weakened immune systems, explaining that it is considered a “first reinforcement”. The head of Vaccination Strategy, Marco Cavaleryexplained that for people with a severely compromised immune system who have already received […]
Europe is experiencing a truce from COVID-19 that could lead to the end of the pandemic, announces the WHO
Updated on 02/03/2022 07:57 am Two years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Europe could soon enter “a long period of tranquility”, thanks to the high percentages of the vaccinated population, the low virulence of the omicron variant and the end of winter, he said. this Thursday the WHO. “This context, which until now […]
Compulsory vaccination, an old and complex controversy
Compulsory vaccination is a health decision that has caused controversy since the first treatments were discovered, and that has returned to public debate with COVID-19. Austria will impose vaccination on all adults from February 4. It is the first European country to make that decision. It’s a political decision.”the subject of a very intense and […]
PAHO: Omicron infections are slowing down where the COVID-19 variant hit before
Updated on 02/02/2022 02:54 pm Infections and deaths from COVID-19 in the Americas continue to rise, but the increase in infections appears to be slowing in places first affected by the omicron variant, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced. Four million of the seven million new cases reported last week were in North America. […]
Inflection point? More countries relax measures against COVID-19
Nightclub parties late at night. Audiences sitting side by side in movie theaters. Mask-free faces, especially in Europe and North America. Little by little, many countries hit by the coronavirus opened and lifted their harsh and often unpopular restrictions to combat COVID-19, despite the fact that the omicron variant – considered less serious – skyrocketed […]
The Economist: How does omicron affect the global economic recovery?
The last week of November almost resembled the early days of the pandemic again. World stock markets fell as news broke of the emergence of what is now known as the omicron variant, with investors fearing another round of restrictions or people themselves going into lockdown to avoid contagion. Two months later, the omicron impact […]
Omicron variant is less likely to stop reinfection
New studies suggest that the latest version of the highly infectious omicron variant spreads even faster than the original, and that mild cases of the former might not offer much protection against future infections. The findings cast doubt on hopes that the wave of omicron sweeping the globe could help hasten the end of the […]