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R: No. No significa que es menos efectiva. ¡Está funcionando bien! ➡️ Nuevos datos no muestran correlación entre la severidad de los efectos secundarios y los niveles de anticuerpos contra el SARS-CoV-2 después de la vacunación. 🔥 Si bien los efectos secundarios de la vacuna, también conocidos como “reactogenicidad”, pueden ser una señal reconfortante para …
Nerdy Girl Joanna here. Dear Pandemic/Those Nerdy Girls gets many questions from parents concerned about how to keep their kids healthy and safe from COVID. Although this is an understandable consideration for ALL parents, we want to take a moment to acknowledge the extra considerations faced by families whose kids may be more vulnerable to …
P: ¿Quién está contrayendo COVID-19 hoy en día? R: Las personas no vacunadas, en mayor parte. P: ¿La variante “Delta” cambiará esto? R: Probablemente no. A medida que los nuevos casos de COVID-19 disminuyen en los EE.UU. y Canadá, pero aumentan en otros lugares, la pregunta es: ¿quién está sufriendo la carga de los nuevos …
A: Last week, the United States Surgeon General issued and Advisory titled “Confronting Health Misinformation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Building a Healthy Information Environment”. It outlines action steps for anyone to take to stop the spread of misinformation. For example, you can: -Learn how to identify and avoid sharing health misinformation -Engage with …
A picture IS worth 1000 words. While the demographers among us had a hard time not seeing population pyramids here (please note this is days on the y axis, not age!), we think the image tells a pretty compelling story. Figure Source h/t to Nerdy Girl Dr. Alison Buttenheim for sharing this image on twitter! …
R: ¡SÍ! Continúa acumulándose evidencia de que algunas de las vacunas REDUCEN TANTO LAS INFECCIONES ASINTOMÁTICAS Y LA TRANSMISIÓN. ➡️ Mientras que las Nerdy Girls siguen soñando de un mundo donde la transmisión se prueba explícitamente en los ensayos clínicos (☎️ llámenos la próxima vez), los datos siguen llegando de todo el mundo y sugieren …
A: Short answer: Yes. For people with COVID-19 infections who do not need to be hospitalized and who are at high risk of progressing to severe illness, monoclonal antibody therapies can reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. For the long answer, keep reading! Monoclonal antibody therapies use laboratory made antibodies that are similar to …
A. Maybe. Emerging data suggest that a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine can induce a better immune response in some immunocompromised people. The CDC is expected to meet in the near future to discuss a possible 3-dose vaccine regimen for immunocompromised people. In the meantime, the CDC has stated that the current vaccine regimen may …
Yes, it’s true: CDC has confirmed a case of the rare tropical disease known as monkeypox in a Dallas, TX resident who recently returned from travel in Nigeria. Here’s what you need to know about monkeypox. First of all, unless you spend time in central or western Africa, you’re probably not going to get it. …
R. No tema… la Dra. Aparna Kumar, especialista en salud mental, ¡está aquí para hablar sobre esta condición! 😢 ¿Qué es la languidez? Languidecer es vivir pero tener poca alegría, propósito o objetivo. Es pasar por los movimientos de la vida diaria, pero no sentirse bien al respecto. También puede resultar difícil dar los siguientes …
