Ómicron is a variant of COVID-19 detected about a month ago and due to its high degree of transmission, it can once again change the course of the pandemic, especially due to its impact on vaccination. What is omicron? Ómicron is a new version of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus originating from the pandemic), identified at the […]
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A “tsunami”: omicron could cause a wave of COVID-19 in the US
After two years of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S faces another bleak winter, in which the variant omicron of COVID-19, red-hot, threatens to further exacerbate an already dangerous surge in cases. COVID-19 hospitalizations have soared 45% in the past month, and cases have risen 40% to a seven-day average of 123,000 new infections a day, according […]
Booster vaccines lose efficacy against omicron, according to a British study
A clinical model suggests that the efficacy of booster vaccines against COVID-19 caused by omicron is lower than that of the delta variant, although they still offer high protection against the disease, according to researchers from Imperial College London (United Kingdom). The researchers also analyzed the risk of reinfection with omicron in another study and […]
Ómicron changes plans for COVID-19 in 2022
As the omicron variant gathers momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are revising their expectations for next year’s COVID-19 pandemic. Just a few weeks ago, disease experts predicted that countries would begin to emerge from the pandemic after enduring a series of rallies driven by alpha, beta, gamma and delta variants. First, populations […]
Pfizer to test third dose of COVID-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 5 years
Updated on 12/17/2021 03:34 pm Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said they would include and evaluate a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in an ongoing trial in children six months to less than five years of age. The decision was made after an analysis showed that the two-dose vaccine elicited an […]
Contagions, vaccines and variants: this is how the world faced its second year of pandemic in 2021
2021 was a challenging year in terms of global health. COVID-19 settled during this period bringing with it new variants that put the population of the five continents on alert. In more than 90% of countries, deaths caused by the coronavirus doubled and, in some cases, even tripled. Scientific efforts to combat this pandemic continue […]
COVID-19: Europe braces for more restrictions amid rising omicron infections
European countries were preparing on Friday to impose new travel restrictions and other measures in an effort to curb the rise in cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which threatens to cripple the global economic recovery. Germany, Ireland and Denmark are considering imposing new restrictions in the days leading up to the Christmas […]
Ómicron ruins plans to return to US office
When it seemed that American companies were on their way to normal, a new wave of uncertainty related to COVID began to change business plans from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Christmas parties in Manhattan are being canceled and banks grapple with new outbreaks as the omicron variant spreads. Meanwhile, Citigroup Inc. told employees in […]
Pfizer to dominate $ 20 billion COVID pill market in 2022
Pfizer Inc. will dominate a $ 20 billion market for COVID pills next year as wealthier nations scramble to buy supplies, while lower-income countries will have to wait until early 2023 for manufacturers of generic drugs produce large quantities, according to an analysis. It is expected that Pfizer, already making huge profits from its COVID […]
Cough or fever, the order of COVID-19 symptoms changes depending on the variant
Updated on 12/17/2021 02:39 am The order of symptoms manifested by patients with COVID-19 It is not always the same, but differs depending on the variant, according to a study published in the journal PLOS Computational Biology. The objective of the study was to determine if the order of the symptoms of COVID-19 changed according […]