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Posts en Español Vaccines

La nueva vacuna COVID de Moderna, inspirada en Omicron, parece prometedora. 💥En un comunicado de prensa reciente, Moderna compartió un avance de la seguridad y el rendimiento de su vacuna “bivalente” de COVID-19, inspirada en Omicron. Los resultados son alentadores y sugieren que la nueva vacuna puede proporcionar una protección más fuerte y duradera. La Read more…

Threats to reproductive rights are a public health crisis.

General Health Health Policy Social and Racial Justice

This past week has been a sucker punch to women and science. Those Nerdy Girls are committed to providing actionable, factual science communication around public health crises. While the majority of our content to date has covered COVID-19, there are a number of public health topics that require further coverage. If we are not talking Read more…

What’s the point of making an effort anymore if COVID-19 is everywhere?

Infection and Spread Staying Safe

A: Remember “flatten the curve”? We still need to “flatten the waves.” Much has changed since this rallying cry of Spring 2020, but keeping the infamous reproductive rate (or “R-value”) down is still a worthy goal. While we *totally* feel everyone’s pandemic fatigue and frustration with fellow humans, it’s not all or nothing with prevention Read more…

What’s the link between deforestation and public health/infectious diseases?

Infectious Diseases

We are thrilled to introduce Nerdy Guest Andrea Johnson to talk about deforestation and infectious disease. 1.) Tell me about your background and training. I’m currently an Advisor to the Climate and Land Use Alliance, a philanthropic alliance that helps major foundations align their grantmaking end to fight deforestation and secure the rights and livelihoods Read more…

Do I have OCD?

Mental Health

Help! The pandemic has me worrying about germs 🧫…do I have OCD? 🤔 Not necessarily. OCD can include worries about germs, but can be a LOT more than that. Let’s talk a little bit more about OCD to understand why. OCD is a chronic mental health condition with typical symptoms including frequent and unwanted thoughts Read more…

******Conoce a las Nerdy Girls – Maggie Hayes******

Posts en Español Women in STEM

En esta edición de la serie de “Conoce a las Nerdy Girls”, les presentamos a Maggie Hayes. Maggie es nuestra becaria del lenguaje español y las comunicaciones científicas y ella nos ayuda con las operaciones, traducciones, y interacciones comunitarias aquí en Querida Pandemia. Maggie es una estudiante en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison en EE.UU. estudiando Read more…

What are the health impacts of COVID-19 on young children?

Families/Kids Long COVID Vaccines

What are the health impacts of COVID-19 on young children? How does the burden of COVID-19 compare to other vaccine-preventable diseases? COVID-19 is usually mild and short-lived in young kids. Yet, a small fraction of cases result in severe outcomes like Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, long-term symptoms, or even death. These tragedies strike children with and Read more…

Recientemente publicamos un resumen de los tratamientos para el COVID-19…

Posts en Español Treatments

Esta infografía cubre tratamientos para COVID-19 en los Estados Unidos para personas con mayor riesgo de enfermedad grave, sin hospitalización y sin oxígeno suplementario. Nuestra publicación en FB Fuente Esta infografía ha sido traducida al Español con fines educativos. Si existiera alguna inconsistencia, el documento en Inglés prevalecerá. Para preguntas y/o comentarios relacionados con esta Read more…