The health alert in Russia, which today marked new all-time highs for mortality and infections due to COVID-19, has forced to close the regions most affected by the pandemic a week before the rest of the country. “We have already wasted too much time! A real war is taking place in the red zone of […]
Tag: Covid-19
Vaccines are not gene therapy with unknown adverse effects
Vaccines COVID-19 they are not an experimental gene therapy nor does their administration entail unknown adverse effects, as stated by messages widely spread on social networks that warn about the risk of injecting these drugs into children. A viralized photograph asks those who receive it about the advisability of vaccinating their children with “an experimental […]
You can mix and match boosters against COVID-19, but original vaccine is recommended, says Fauci
Americans can choose a COVID-19 booster vaccine that is different from their original inoculation, but the recommendation is to stick with the vaccine they received first if it is available, said White House Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci. “In general, it is recommended that you get the booster that has the original regimen you received […]
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for COVID-19 Shows 90.7% Efficacy in Trial in Children
Updated on 10/22/2021 09:14 am The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 showed an efficacy of 90.7% in a clinical trial in children aged five to 11 years, the US pharmaceutical company announced. Sixteen children in the trial who had received a placebo became infected with COVID-19, compared with three who were vaccinated, Pfizer said in information […]
COVID-19 is seasonal and is best transmitted with low temperature and humidity
COVID-19 is a seasonal disease and its transmission is associated with low temperatures and humidity, as occurs with the flu and other colds caused by coronavirus, according to a study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The study, published in the journal “Nature Computational Science”, Also highlights the“considerable“Contribution of aerosol transmission and the […]
Nurses fear their collective will be cut in half after the pandemic
After a pandemic that has had a serious impact on health professionals (at least 115,000 died from COVID-19) the nursing world fears a serious global shortage of professionals this decade, in which their number could be cut in half, warned the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The president of the council, Annette Kennedy, declared together […]
FDA approves booster doses of J&J and Moderna in the US
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States on Wednesday gave its approval to the doses of boosters of the COVID-19 vaccines of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (Janssen), as well as the option to mix serums. The FDA approval came after a US regulator’s scientific committee last week recommended booster doses of […]
UK agrees to buy COVID-19 antivirals from Merck and Pfizer
The United Kingdom announced that it reached agreements for two antivirals against COVID-19, one developed by Merck and the other by Pfizer, which it said could be used to treat patients by the end of the year if regulatory approval is granted. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lifted nearly all coronavirus-related restrictions and is turning […]
Vladimir Putin gives Russians a week off to curb the pandemic
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, today gave Russians a week of paid vacation from October 30 to November 7 to stop the advance of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed its lives in the last 24 hours of more than a thousand people, while infections exceed 30,000 daily. “Now it is especially important to […]
Pfizer CEO Is In Favor Of Mixing Booster Vaccines
Updated 10/20/2021 03:41 am Pfizer Inc. CEO Albert Bourla said mixing and matching covid-19 vaccines and boosters could work and provide more flexibility in vaccine administration. Preliminary results of a study by the National Institutes of Health (NIHfrom the United States found that mixing and matching vaccines produces as many or more antibodies as using […]