Reaction to study claiming that repeated SARS-CoV-2 infections increase risk of death and organ failure
Research published in the journal Nature Medicine examines the health consequences of covid-19 reinfections.
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Reactions to expert panel recommendations to end covid-19 threat
A panel of 386 academics, led by ISGlobal (Barcelona), has established a series of recommendations to end the threat of covid-19 following the Delphi method, a prospective technique based on the search for consensus among a group of experts. The results are published in the journal Nature.
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Reaction to study looking at thrombus risk after vaccination with AstraZeneca and Janssen
A study published in the BMJ looks at the risk of thromboembolic events associated with different covid-19 vaccines, both adenovirus- and mRNA-based. Its results are based on data collected from more than 10 million adults in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and the US who received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine from December 2020 to mid-2021.
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Reaction to study claiming that life expectancy recovered in 2021 in some countries, including Spain
Reaction to study claiming that life expectancy recovered in 2021 in some countries, including Spain
Research published in Nature Human Behaviour analyses changes in life expectancy since the advent of covid-19. Its findings show that some countries in western Europe, including Spain, regained some of their lost life expectancy, and others returned to 2019 levels. On the other hand, losses continued in Eastern Europe and the United States.
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Reactions to Pfizer executive's claim that they did not test whether covid-19 vaccines stopped transmission
During Pfizer's appearance before the European Parliament this week, a company executive responded to the question of whether "Pfizer's vaccine was tested to stop transmission of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) before going to market" by saying "no".
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Reactions to study claiming that pandemic has caused personality change
Research among more than 7,000 US adults shows small changes in extraversion, agreeableness, openness to change and conscientiousness between the period before the covid-19 pandemic and the year 2022, especially in younger people. The study is published in PLOS ONE.
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Reaction to the study that found trace amounts of mRNA in the milk of lactating mothers vaccinated against covid-19
Research with 11 lactating women vaccinated against covid-19 has found small amounts of mRNA from the vaccine in breast milk, undetectable 48 hours later.
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Reaction to the discovery of a new sarbecovirus in Russian bats resistant to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
A sarbecovirus distantly related to SARS-CoV-2 and found in horseshoe bats in Russia is able to enter human cells using the ACE2 receptor, according to research published in PLOS Pathogens.
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Should I be re-vaccinated against covid-19?
The new tailored doses against Omicron have arrived just in time for the upcoming autumn and winter wave. Although we do not know which variant will circulate in the coming months, these vaccines are safe and will help reduce transmission in what could be difficult months from a care pressure point of view.
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Reactions on the desirability of maintaining the mandatory use of face masks on public transport
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, responded yesterday in the government control session in Congress to a parliamentary question that face masks will continue to be obligatory on public transport. According to Darias, the Alerts Committee justifies the measure "due to the high concentration of people in very small spaces, without adequate ventilation and on long journeys".
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