Si me vacuné contra la viruela cuando era niño, ¿estoy protegido contra la viruela del mono?
Infectious Diseases Posts en Español
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
Respuesta corta: Probablemente hasta cierto punto, pero no está claro cuánto. Debido a que el virus que causa la viruela del mono es similar al virus de la viruela, las vacunas contra la viruela son efectivas para prevenir que las personas contraigan la viruela del mono. Estudios previos con la vacuna Dryvax (la vacuna contra Read more…
I heard that US life expectancy fell again. Does this mean *my* lifespan will be shorter?
Data and Metrics
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Not necessarily. Despite the name, life expectancy doesn’t predict the lifespan of individuals. But as a “snapshot” of mortality in the US, the news is not good. Recent U.S. CDC estimates show a loss of a 2.7 years of life expectancy in 2021 compared to 2019. Surprisingly, despite the vaccine roll-out, U.S. life expectancy Read more…
Respuesta corta: Probablemente hasta cierto punto, pero no está claro cuánto. Debido a que el virus que causa la viruela del mono es similar al virus de la viruela, las vacunas contra la viruela son efectivas para prevenir que las personas contraigan la viruela del mono. Estudios previos con la vacuna Dryvax (la vacuna contra Read more…
I heard that US life expectancy fell again. Does this mean *my* lifespan will be shorter?
Data and MetricsJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Not necessarily. Despite the name, life expectancy doesn’t predict the lifespan of individuals. But as a “snapshot” of mortality in the US, the news is not good. Recent U.S. CDC estimates show a loss of a 2.7 years of life expectancy in 2021 compared to 2019. Surprisingly, despite the vaccine roll-out, U.S. life expectancy Read more…
A: Not necessarily. Despite the name, life expectancy doesn’t predict the lifespan of individuals. But as a “snapshot” of mortality in the US, the news is not good. Recent U.S. CDC estimates show a loss of a 2.7 years of life expectancy in 2021 compared to 2019. Surprisingly, despite the vaccine roll-out, U.S. life expectancy Read more…
