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Bebés y niños de 1 año pronto podrán recibir un nuevo medicamento para estar protegidos contra el virus respiratorio sincitial, (VRS). El panel asesor de los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) votó ayer por unanimidad para recomendar el medicamento de anticuerpos monoclonales nirsevimab (Beyfortus) para usar […]
Available in Spanish Update: Aug. 4, 2023 – This article has been updated to reflect the CDC’s support for its advisory panel’s vote, as stated in this press release. Infants and 1-year-olds will soon be able to receive a new medication to protect them from RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). The Centers for Disease Control and […]
COVID-19 vaccines Federal health officials are asking Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax to create a new COVID-19 vaccine in time for the fall. Instead of another bivalent shot (which Moderna and Pfizer introduced last year), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advisory committee wants all three companies to produce a monovalent vaccine that targets only […]
Available in Spanish You may have seen it in the news, on your social media feed, in your family group chat or in announcements from your kid’s school: this is a bad season for respiratory viruses. With COVID-19, RSV and influenza circulating, many people have found themselves under the weather. The surge of respiratory viruses, […]
El lunes 14 de noviembre, la gobernadora Kate Brown emitió una declaración de emergencia (información en inglés) en respuesta a un aumento de casos pediátricos y hospitalizaciones por virus respiratorios, incluido el virus respiratorio sincitial (RSV por sus siglas en inglés). La declaración dará a los hospitales más flexibilidad para dotar de camas a los […]
Available in Spanish On Monday, Nov. 14, Governor Kate Brown issued an emergency declaration in response to a surge of pediatric cases and hospitalizations of respiratory viruses, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The declaration will give hospitals more flexibility to staff beds for children, draw on a pool of medical volunteer nurses and doctors and […]
Los casos de virus respiratorio sincitial (RSV, por sus siglas en inglés) (info en inglés) están aumentando en todo el país y es probable que aumenten en Oregón. Esto pondrá a prueba el sistema hospitalario del estado, especialmente combinado con un aumento esperado en los casos de gripe y COVID-19 este invierno. La capacidad del […]
Our children are back in school, the COVID-19 pandemic is still here, flu season is upon us, and the common cold never goes away. In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned this year about the rise of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a virus that is most severe in children under age two but can infect school-aged children.
