Additional benefits of booster vaccination may be limited by previous infection

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are less effective against omicron infections than other variants. A study published in the open access journal “PLOS Medicine” by Margaret L. Lind, of the Yale School of Public Health (United States) and colleagues, suggests that the additional protection offered … COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are less effective against omicron infections than other … Read more

Alert for “tripendemic”: Covid, flu and syncytial, the three circulating respiratory viruses | health and wellness

Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and the United States are some of the countries that have seen an increase in the circulation of certain respiratory diseases such as covid, influenza (swine flu) and syncytial virus. This, unofficially and outside of medical terms, has been called “tripendemic,” and would be associated with the low immunization achieved during … Read more

These are the ‘beetle variants’ of the covid that threaten to cause an increase in infections

Although over time they have relaxed s measurements from protection against covid-19, the the disease is still presentreappearing (although it never went away) in the form of new variants who threaten with increase the number of infections. They are particularly concerned in the face of the arrival of the cold, despite the drop in temperatures … Read more

Vaccines towards new coronavirus variants: when and for whom

With so a great deal historical event we can not ignore that we are still in a pandemic. Even though the incidence continues to decrease, to improve the immunity of the most vulnerable populace for the autumn-wintertime, they commenced to arrive in Spain los 10 million doses of the new vaccines. They start off at … Read more

Inmegen analyzes samples to identify COVID-19 variants – N+

The study of the DNA sequence of SARS Cov-2 that causes the COVID-19 it has been a key piece in facing the pandemic; before this the National Institute of Genomic Medicine (Inmegen) has analyzed more than 700 thousand samples to identify the new variants, as well as the behavior of the virus. We recommend you: … Read more

How long does covid last with the new omicron variants?

The sublineages of omicron variant that dominate the contagions of the current panorama in Spain have changed the characteristics of the virus, to which the mutations of its own versions imply modifications in the symptomatological picture, expansion capacity or duration of the contagion, among other factors. BA.4 and BA.5 are the majority omicron ranges in … Read more

Health admits “a lot of contagiousness” in the new COVID variants but rules out restrictions in the Canary Islands

The Minister of Health of the Government of Canary IslandsBlas Trujillo, has admitted this Monday that the new variants of the COVID-19 they are “highly contagious”, but that, for now, rules out taking additional control measures beyond recommending the use of masks in closed spaces with little ventilation and reinforcing vaccination given that there are … Read more

The EMA begins to review the Pfizer vaccine adapted to the new variants

— — Pfizer’s vaccine against covidGetty – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced this Wednesday the start of ongoing review the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine adapted to the new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Pfizer and BioNTech are evaluating several vaccines tailored to variants of the virus. Details about the vaccine, such as whether … Read more

Could an even more contagious variant follow Omicron? What would happen then? NYC responds

NEW YORK – The New York City is among many places in the world facing an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases. triggered by the Omicron variant in the middle of the Christmas season. On Monday, the CDC announced that Ómicron had outgrown the delta variant, with the latest coronavirus mutation representing more than 70% of … Read more