No company would appreciate being compared to Big Tobacco or gambling. Yet that is what is happening to video game makers. For years, parents have occasionally complained that their children are “addicts”To their PlayStation and smartphones. Today, however, more and more physicians use the term literally. As of January 1, the ‘gaming disorder‘ The video […]
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WHO warns that increased omicron cases could create more dangerous variants
Updated on 04/01/2022 04:34 pm The increase in omicron cases worldwide could increase the risk of new, more dangerous variants appearing, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe. Although omicron is spreading rapidly around the world, it appears to be much less serious than previously feared and has raised hopes that the coronavirus pandemic […]
Ómicron: Why do vaccinated people also get COVID-19?
The effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19 continues to be a matter of controversy worldwide, where various sectors of the population who oppose being inoculated have been campaigning denouncing side effects of the doses or even criticizing measures by authorities that encourage the vaccination. The truth is that from the beginning the authorities of different governments, […]
WHO finds more evidence that omicron affects the upper respiratory tract
Updated on 04/01/2022 10:52 am More evidence is emerging that the omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus affects the upper respiratory tract and causes milder symptoms than previous variants, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. “We are seeing more and more studies that indicate that omicron is infecting the upper body. Unlike the other (variants), […]
WHO: it is not certain that omicron will fall in the world as soon as in South Africa
Updated on 04/01/2022 09:57 am The current global wave of infections by the omicron variant of COVID-19 may not decline as quickly as it has in South Africa, the first country where this new strain was detected, warned the World Health Organization (WHO). “You have to be cautious, because South Africa had a similar situation […]
COVID-19: WHO expert says flurone does not increase risk of coronavirus mutation
Updated on 04/01/2022 09:20 am Flu and COVID-19 viruses do not share information, so the proliferation of cases of flurone (people with both diseases at the same time) does not increase the risk that the coronavirus evolves into more dangerous variants, said an expert of the World Health Organization (WHO). “These are viruses from completely […]
Pandemic closes 2021 with more than double the number of infections than in 2020
The year 2021 closes with 198 million global infections of COVID-19 confirmed in these 12 months, more than double the 83 million in 2020, while the deaths were 3.5 million, 84% more than the 1.9 million last year, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). The figures, although still very high, show a […]
WHO: treatment with monoclonal antibodies is less effective against omicron
Updated on 12/29/2021 11:05 am Monoclonal antibody treatments, so far recommended in severe COVID-19 patients or at risk of hospitalization, are less effective in neutralizing the omicron variant of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned. In its new weekly epidemiological report, the WHO indicates that the other two treatments recommended by the body […]
WHO warns of increasing omicron hospitalizations as China and EU impose new restrictions
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the rapid spread of the omicron variant could increase hospitalizations, despite early studies suggesting it causes milder symptoms and as China and Europe implement new restrictions. “A rapid increase in omicron, such as that seen in several countries – even if combined with a slightly less serious disease […]
America faces 2022 with more than 100 million cases and on omicron alert
America faces the last week of 2021 with a steady increase in cases of COVID-19, after exceeding 100 million cases and approaching 2.5 million deaths, while studying new measures to respond to the omicron variant, whose spread has forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and several cruises in the middle of Christmas and the […]