Una nueva subvariante de la ómicron se propaga en India y EE. UU.
LUNES, 11 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mientras el coronavirus sigue en evolución, una nueva variante ómicron altamente contagiosa aparece en India y otros países, entre ellos Estados Unidos, señalan unos expertos. Esta nueva mutación, que se …
Learn MoreCOVID Pandemic Slowed Progress Against Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID pandemic has eaten into the progress made against drug-resistant infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The agency reported that hospital-related infections and…
Learn MoreBiden Administration May Back Second Booster Shots for All Adults
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The White House is weighing whether to offer a second COVID booster shot to American adults under 50.The new push comes in response to the latest, highly contagious Omicron variants, which have increased hosp…
Learn MoreCould Fasting Diets Lower COVID Severity?
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A fasting diet might be the ticket to avoiding a COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study suggests. Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah found that people who had practiced water-only intermittent fa…
Learn MoreLaboratory Response Network Facilitates Rapid ID of Monkeypox
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) has facilitated rapid testing and detection of patients with monkeypox, according to research published in the July 8 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease …
Learn MoreNew Omicron Subvariant Spreading in India, United States
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the coronavirus continues to evolve, a new highly contagious omicron variant is appearing in India and other nations, including the United States, experts say.This new mutation — dubbed BA.2.75 — is conce…
Learn MoreLa inflación dispara los niveles de ansiedad de los estadounidenses, según una encuesta
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Casi todos los estadounidenses están preocupados sobre la inflación, y las preocupaciones económicas superan a la COVID-19 como la principal fuente de estrés del país, revela una nueva encuesta.Casi nuev…
Learn MoreLa OMS afirma que los casos globales de viruela del simio se han disparado en un 77 por ciento en una semana
VIERNES, 8 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Desde que comenzó el brote de viruela del simio en mayo, han surgido más de 6,000 casos en 59 países, confirmó el jueves la organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).La agencia de la Organización de las Nac…
Learn MoreCommon, Crucial Medical Device Often Gives Wrong Readings for Black Patients
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Early in the pandemic, scores of Americans bought pulse oximeters to help determine how sick they were while infected with COVID-19, but new research finds the devices often miss dangerously low blood oxygen l…
Learn MoreLow Risk Seen for Health Care-Linked Monkeypox Transmission
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Health care-associated transmission of the monkeypox virus following exposure is low, according to research published in the July issue of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.Kimon C. Zachary, M.D., and …
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