As Links to MS Deepen, Researchers Accelerate Efforts to Develop an Epstein-Barr Vaccine
Recent leaps in medical research have lent urgency to the quest to develop a vaccine against Epstein-Barr, a ubiquitous virus that has been linked to a range of illnesses, from mononucleosis to multiple sclerosis and several cancers.
Unraveling the Interplay of Omicron, Reinfections, and Long Covid
The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of covid. But whether omicron triggers long covid as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.
Las cl铆nicas de salud sexual luchan sin medios contra la viruela del simio
Las cl铆nicas que tratan las enfermedades de transmisi贸n sexual 鈥攓ue ya se enfrentaban a un aumento explosivo de enfermedades como la s铆filis y la gonorrea鈥 se encuentran ahora en la primera l铆nea de la lucha para controlar el brote de viruela del simio, que crece r谩pidamente.
Fighting Monkeypox, Sexual Health Clinics Are Underfunded and Ill-Equipped
Sexual health clinics are scrambling to properly track, test, and treat hundreds of monkeypox patients. So far, it isn鈥檛 going well.
Covid Funding Pries Open a Door to Improving Air Quality in Schools
Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat covid-19, as well as making air more breathable for students living with allergies, asthma, and chronic wildfire smoke.
C贸mo una mejor ventilaci贸n puede ayudar a que tu hogar sea “a prueba de covid”
Para las personas que no viven en casas grandes con varias habitaciones y ba帽os, un familiar con covid genera riesgos extra. Mejorar la ventilaci贸n puede cambiar los resultados.
How Better Ventilation Can Help 鈥楥ovid-Proof鈥 Your Home
Is someone at home sick with covid-19? One simple but effective strategy for keeping the virus from spreading is to make your indoor air as much like the outdoors as possible.
驴Por qu茅 m谩s adultos mayores no reciben los refuerzos contra covid?
Seg煤n los CDC, aproximadamente 1 de cada 3 estadounidenses mayores de 65 a帽os que completaron su ronda inicial de vacunaci贸n a煤n no han recibido la primera vacuna de refuerzo. Investigadores enfatizan que este grupo sigue teniendo el mayor riesgo de enfermedad grave y muerte por covid-19.
Why Won鈥檛 More Older Americans Get Their Covid Booster?
Approximately 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot. The numbers dismay researchers, who say the lag has cost tens of thousands of lives.
Better Ventilation Can Prevent Covid Spread. But Are Companies Paying Attention?
The research is clear that improving indoor air quality is an essential tool in stemming the spread of covid and a host of other diseases. But companies have to be willing to invest.
Covid鈥檚 鈥楽ilver Lining鈥: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu
Billions of dollars invested in mRNA vaccines and covid research could yield health care dividends for decades to come.
Fueron excluidas de los ensayos cl铆nicos, una decisi贸n que expertos cuestionan. Las dudas sobre si recomendar la vacuna contra COVID a las embarazadas al parecer ha generado m谩s enfermedad y muerte.
Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind While Vaccines Moved at 鈥榃arp Speed鈥 to Help the Masses
Clinical trials of covid-19 vaccines excluded pregnant people, which left many women wondering whether to get vaccinated.
CDC Tells Pharmacies to Give 4th Covid Shots to Immunocompromised Patients
The health agency and the White House acted in the wake of a KHN story about pharmacists refusing to give shots to patients with moderate to severe immune suppression.
Muchas farmacias no saben que los CDC han autorizado la cuarta dosis de la vacuna contra covid para personas con sistemas inmunes comprometidos.
Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly changed its guidance to allow an extra shot in certain cases, but some pharmacy personnel are confused about who is eligible.
Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys
A mother鈥檚 immune response to covid can be a greater danger to the fetus than the virus itself.
La pandemia presenta riesgos a corto y largo plazo para beb茅s, especialmente varones
Las embarazadas con covid tienen cinco veces m谩s probabilidades que las que no lo est谩n de necesitar cuidados intensivos. Pero las consecuencias para el beb茅 pueden ser a largo plazo.
Cient铆ficos buscan la causa de una misteriosa inflamaci贸n en ni帽os relacionada con covid
M谩s de 5,200 de los 6,2 millones de ni帽os estadounidenses a los que se les ha diagnosticado covid han desarrollado MIS-C. Un 80% de los pacientes con MIS-C son tratados en unidades de cuidados intensivos, el 20% requiere ventilaci贸n mec谩nica y 46 han muerto.
Scientists Search for Cause of Mysterious Covid-Related Inflammation in Children
Scientists treating kids for MIS-C point to rare genes, leaky guts and a 鈥渟uperantigen.鈥
