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October 9, 2021

¿La vacuna COVID-19 causa el síndrome de Guillain-Barré?

Posts en Español Vaccines
Tita Smyth Escobedo PM-IT
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT

La vacuna Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) puede aumentar el riesgo de síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB), pero aún no lo sabemos con certeza. Incluso si lo hace, el riesgo de SGB es extremadamente pequeño. Actualmente, no hay evidencia de que las vacunas de ARNm (como Pfizer o Moderna) aumenten el riesgo de SGB. El síndrome de Read more…

October 9, 2021

The world’s first malaria vaccine is huge without being perfect.

Infectious Diseases Vaccines
Malia Jones, PhD MPH

Malaria is, in a word, awful. And there’s a lot of it. And the new vaccine for malaria is honestly meh. It’s safe, but its efficacy is nothing to sing about. That said, even a little improvement in malaria prevention multiplied by several hundred million people means a huge positive impact. The newly recommended vaccine Read more…

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