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“Vaccine”, “vax”, “vaccine” … the winner of the word of the year in the world

“Vaccine”, “vax”, “vaccine” … the winner of the word of the year in the world

“Vaccine”, “vax”, “vaccine” … in English and Spanish, in its long or abbreviated form, is the term most chosen as word of the year by the various institutions that grant this recognition in different languages ​​in 2021. A year in which, although the majority of those elected turned around the pandemic again, there was also […]

“Vaccine”, word of the year 2021 for the FundéuRAE

“Vaccine”, word of the year 2021 for the FundéuRAE

The Urgent Spanish Foundation (FundéuRAE), promoted by the EFE Agency and the Royal Spanish Academy, has chosen “vaccine” as the word of the year 2021. In addition to its great presence in the social, political, scientific and economic debate, the Foundation has selected it for its linguistic interest. The concept of “vaccine” arose in the […]

COVID-19: Fauci recommends mandatory vaccination for domestic travel in the US

COVID-19: Fauci recommends mandatory vaccination for domestic travel in the US

Updated on 12/27/2021 03:57 pm The doctor Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious disease expert in U.SHe said the country should “seriously” consider a vaccination mandate for domestic travel. During an interview with MSNBC, Fauci, the lead scientific advisor on the response to the COVID-19 of President Joe Biden, said that “when you impose a vaccination […]

Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for children?

Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for children?

Yes, the regulatory authorities of U.S licensed the Pfizer vaccine to kids small after millions of children between the ages of 12 and 17 have safely received the injection, the only one available to children in the country. More than five million children between the ages of 5 and 11 have received a first dose […]

Countries resume restrictions as at the beginning of the pandemic after the arrival of omicron

Countries resume restrictions as at the beginning of the pandemic after the arrival of omicron

After the decrease in cases of contagion by COVID-19 in the middle of this year and with the arrival of vaccines, countries began to reject some restrictions imposed in 2020 in order to prevent the spread of the virus. Some governments allowed to leave the use of masks in open places, the public returned to […]

Christmas in Great Britain: get vaccinated against COVID-19

Christmas in Great Britain: get vaccinated against COVID-19

Updated on 12/25/2021 12:20 pm Thousands of people throughout England took a few minutes during Christmas Day to put on the COVID-19 vaccine, lining up under leaden skies and in the middle of winter, as the omicron variant is causing an increase in cases across the country. Good Health Pharmacy in north London was one […]

COVID-19: omicron is a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by SARS-Cov-2

COVID-19: omicron is a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by SARS-Cov-2

The appearance of variants such as omicron “Is a reminder of the ongoing threat” posed by SARS-CoV-2 and the importance of vaccines that, with the third dose, they can restore their effectiveness to more than 90%, against severe disease, according to an analysis published by Science. Cambridge University microbiologist Ravindra Gupta and Scripps Research Translational […]

WHO gives the green light to the first anti-COVID vaccine produced in Latin America

WHO gives the green light to the first anti-COVID vaccine produced in Latin America

The World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green light to the first COVID vaccine developed in Latin America: a version of the immunizer from the Anglo-Swedish laboratory AstraZeneca manufactured jointly by Argentina and Mexico, announced the PAHO, WHO office for the Americas. The vaccine, in whose preparation the Argentine company mAbxience and the Mexican company […]

Chile, the first country in Latin America to vaccinate animals against COVID-19

Chile, the first country in Latin America to vaccinate animals against COVID-19

Updated on 12/23/2021 04:00 pm Ten animals from the Buin Zoo, in Santiago de Chile, became the first in Latin America to be immunized against the COVID-19 with an experimental vaccine developed by the Zoetis veterinary laboratory. Three lions, three tigers, three pumas and an orangutan received the first dose of the vaccine on December […]

Ecuador announces that vaccination against COVID-19 will be mandatory

Ecuador announces that vaccination against COVID-19 will be mandatory

Updated on 12/23/2021 02:41 pm The Ecuadorian government declared vaccination against the COVID-19 due to the increase in infections and the circulation of new variants of this virus such as omicron, which at an international level is putting pressure on hospital systems. In a statement it was specified that this country has the amount of […]