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La FDA y los CDC levantan la pausa recomendada en el uso de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 de Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) después de una revisión de seguridad exhaustiva
Las agencias enfatizan su confianza en la seguridad y eficacia de las vacunas tras la evaluación de los datos. Los datos disponibles indican que los posibles trombos o coágulos de sangre son eventos muy raros.
Después de una revisión de seguridad exhaustiva, que incluyó dos reuniones del Comité Asesor sobre Prácticas de Vacunación de los CDC (ACIP), la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los EE. UU. (FDA) y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de los EE. UU. (CDC) han determinado que la pausa recomendada en los EE. UU. con respecto al uso de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) se debe levantar y se debe reanudar el uso de la vacuna.
La pausa se recomendó después de que se notificaran seis casos de un tipo de trombo o coágulo de sangre raro y grave en personas después de la aplicación de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen. Durante la pausa, los equipos médicos y científicos de la FDA y los CDC examinaron los datos disponibles para evaluar el riesgo de trombosis de los senos venosos cerebrales o TSVC (vasos sanguíneos grandes en el cerebro), y en otros sitios del cuerpo (incluidos entre otros los grandes vasos sanguíneos del abdomen y las venas de las piernas) junto con trombocitopenia o recuentos bajos de plaquetas en la sangre. Los equipos de la FDA y los CDC también se comunicaron asiduamente con proveedores y médicos para asegurarse de que estuvieran al tanto de estos eventos adversos potenciales y pudieran manejarlos y reconocerlos adecuadamente debido a que estos coágulos de sangre y niveles bajos de plaquetas, también conocidos como síndrome de trombosis-trombocitopenia, requieren de un tratamiento único.
Las dos agencias han determinado lo siguiente:
- Se debe reanudar el uso de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen en los Estados Unidos.
- La FDA y los CDC confían en que esta vacuna es segura y eficaz para prevenir el COVID-19.
- La FDA ha determinado que los datos disponibles muestran que los beneficios conocidos y potenciales de la vacuna superan sus riesgos conocidos y potenciales en personas de 18 años o mayores.
- En este momento, los datos disponibles indican que la probabilidad de que ocurra un síndrome de trombosis-trombocitopenia es muy baja, pero la FDA y los CDC permanecerán atentos y continuarán investigando este riesgo.
- Los proveedores de atención médica que apliquen la vacuna y las personas que la reciban o los cuidadores deben revisar la Hoja informativa de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen para los proveedores de atención médica que administren la vacuna (proveedores de vacunación)external icon y la Hoja informativa para las personas que reciban la vacuna y los cuidadoresexternal icon, que se han actualizado para incluir información sobre el riesgo de este síndrome que ha ocurrido en una cantidad muy pequeña de personas que han recibido la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen.
El Comité Asesor sobre Prácticas de Vacunación independiente de los CDC se reunió hoy para discutir los datos más recientes sobre el síndrome de trombosis-trombocitopenia, escuchó al fabricante de la vacuna Janssen y al Subgrupo Técnico de Seguridad de las Vacunas contra el COVID-19 (VaST, por sus siglas en inglés), y también hizo un análisis de riesgos y beneficios. El ACIP tiene el compromiso de estar atento y de responder a información adicional que podría afectar el análisis de riesgos y beneficios de cualquiera de estas vacunas. El monitoreo de la seguridad de las vacunas continuará y cualquier información nueva sobre el síndrome de trombosis-trombocitopenia se llevará ante el ACIP según sea necesario.
“La seguridad es nuestra principal prioridad. Esta pausa fue un ejemplo de que nuestro exhaustivo monitoreo de seguridad está funcionando tal como fue diseñado, al identificar incluso esta pequeña cantidad de casos. Hemos levantado la pausa basándonos en la revisión de la FDA y los CDC de todos los datos disponibles y en consulta con expertos médicos, y basándonos en las recomendaciones del Comité Asesor sobre Prácticas de Vacunación de los CDC. Hemos concluido que los beneficios conocidos y potenciales de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen superan sus riesgos conocidos y potenciales en personas de 18 años o más. Estamos seguros de que esta vacuna sigue cumpliendo con nuestros estándares de seguridad, eficacia y calidad. Recomendamos a las personas que tengan preguntas sobre qué vacuna es adecuada para ellas que conversen con su proveedor de atención médica”, dijo la Dra. Janet Woodcock, M.D., comisionada interina de la FDA.
“Por encima de todo, la salud y la seguridad son las prioridades al tomar nuestras decisiones”, dijo la Dra. Rochelle P. Walensky, directora de los CDC. “Nuestros sistemas de seguridad de las vacunas están funcionando. Identificamos eventos excepcionalmente raros, de entre millones de dosis de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen administradas, e hicimos una pausa para examinarlos más detenidamente. Como siempre lo hacemos, continuaremos observando de cerca todas las señales a medida que se vacunen más personas en los Estados Unidos. Sigo motivada por el creciente conjunto de evidencia del mundo real de que las vacunas autorizadas contra el COVID-19 son seguras y eficaces, y protegen a las personas de enfermedades, hospitalizaciones y de la muerte. Invito a cualquier persona que tenga preguntas sobre las vacunas contra el COVID-19 a que hable con su proveedor de atención médica o con el departamento de salud pública local”.
Evaluación de los datos disponibles
Los equipos médicos y científicos de la FDA y los CDC revisaron varias fuentes de información y datos relacionados con la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen para tomar la decisión de hoy.
Específicamente, las agencias evaluaron los reportes presentados al Sistema de Notificación de Reacciones Adversas a las Vacunas (VAERS, por sus siglas en inglés)external icon, revisaron literatura médica y consideraron la información de colaboradores internacionales en materia de regulación sobre reportes de trombosis con trombocitopenia después de usar una vacuna contra el COVID- 19 similar, pero no idéntica, que utiliza un virus de la familia de los adenovirus que ha sido modificado para contener el gen para producir una proteína a partir del SARS-CoV-2.
Actualización sobre eventos adversos
El 13 de abril, la FDA y los CDC anunciaronexternal icon que, de más de 6.8 millones de dosis administradas, se habían notificado al VAERS seis casos de un tipo raro y grave de coágulos de sangre en combinación con niveles bajos de plaquetas en personas después de recibir la vacuna contra el COVID-19 Janssen. En estos casos, se observó un tipo de coágulo de sangre llamado trombosis de los senos venosos cerebrales (TSVC) en combinación con niveles bajos de plaquetas en la sangre (trombocitopenia).
Hoy, las agencias pueden confirmar que un total de 15 casos de síndrome de trombosis-trombocitopenia han sido notificados al VAERS, incluidos los seis casos reportados originalmente. Todos estos casos ocurrieron en mujeres de entre 18 y 59 años, con una mediana de edad de 37. Los informes indicaron que los síntomas comenzaron entre 6 y 15 días después de la vacunación.
Source: www.cdc.gov
“Hepatitis can’t wait” – WHO commemorates World Hepatitis Day 2021
Today, WHO joins the global community in celebrating World Hepatitis Day with the theme “Hepatitis can’t wait”, calling on all countries to work together to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. A hepatitis-free future is achievable with a united effort.
Over 354 million people worldwide live with chronic hepatitis; over 8000 new infections of hepatitis B and C occur every day, and more than one million deaths from advanced liver disease and liver cancer occur every year.
The 2021 Global report on HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections, took stock of the progress achieved in the last 5 years, the setbacks caused by the pandemic, and the lessons learned for the coming decade. Although the extent of progress in the hepatitis response has differed drastically both across regions and across countries, there are some notable success stories including the impressive progress in the large-scale expansion of HCV treatment and the reduction of hepatitis B infections in children. The latter is one of the few Sustainable Development Goals health targets that are on track and a critical intervention to prevent liver cancer.
WHO recently launched first-ever global guidance for countries seeking to validate the elimination of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as a public health problem. WHO also, released the first guidelines on hepatitis C virus self-testing, which strongly recommend offering self-testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) as an additional approach to HCV testing services.
While progress has been made in the hepatitis response, there is still a long way to go. In far too many countries, priority interventions remain inaccessible to the populations most severely affected or at higher risk. The COVID-19 pandemic has impeded the development and delivery of core services that tackle viral hepatitis and other infectious diseases and NCDs. During this incredibly challenging year, we have witnessed the ability of health and community systems to adapt to continue to reach people in need. The lessons learned from the innovations developed during the pandemic response can inform core service delivery programming, as part of the overall effort to reduce persisting inequalities in access to health care and achieve universal health coverage.
WHO will host a virtual event to commemorate the day, with the participation of senior WHO officials, ministers of health, global and regional partner organizations, and communities affected by hepatitis.
Source: www.who.int
PORT HOUSTON LAUNCHES BUSINESS EQUITY DIVISION
Port Houston has announced its new MWBE Business Equity Program and Initiative, receiving praise and support from Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis, Adrian Garcia, and other community and business leaders at Thursday’s official announcement that the newly-formed Houston’s Business Equity Division will lead this effort.
Port Houston has created this new division to create greater equity for minority and women-owned business enterprises participating in its procurement and contracting processes. “I am proud that the new division will elevate the profile of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Port Houston,” said Executive Director Roger Guenther.
“I assure you that it will have the organizational support and leadership needed to produce meaningful and sustainable long-term change.”
Mayor Turner and other elected officials described the new program as “historic.” Each also emphasized the potential of the program for minority and women-owned and small businesses, to sustain and grow their businesses through access, education, and opportunities – economic impacts helping families, and the community as well.
“The new Business Equity division will report directly to me,” said Executive Director Guenther. “It will include Port Houston’s successful Small Business Program and will champion the new MWBE initiatives and DEI efforts.”
Guenther added that as Port Houston addresses DEI, it considers this new business equity program as “forward-looking,” and a “public declaration,” capturing the initiative and vision for DEI at Port Houston.
This new initiative also includes the Port Commission’s June adoption of a DEI Position Statement, reorganization in March of the Port Commission’s Procurement and Small Business Development Task Force as the Business Equity Committee, adoption of a new MWBE Development Policy in April, with an aggressive 30% aspirational goal for participation, and the creation of a strategic marketing plan for outreach about the new MWBE program to the community.
Source: porthouston.com
DART Discount GoPass Tap Card Supports Riders in Need
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Discount GoPass® Tap Card provides riders using any one of nine support assistance programs with a 50% discount on the regular price of a DART pass.
DART launched the pilot program to ensure riders who qualify have access to jobs, health care, and educational opportunities, reducing social and economic inequalities by making mobility financially feasible to more people.
All new and current DART riders who participate in any of the following programs are now eligible for DART services at half the fare:
- CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program),
- TANF (Texas Temporary Assistance for Needy Families),
- CEAP (Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program),
- SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program),
- Housing Choice Vouchers,
- DHA Housing Solutions for North Texas Program,
- Medicaid,
- Medicare,
- Texas WIC (Texas Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children).
Online registration is available at DART.org/TapForHalf. Discount Tap Cards can be used on any DART bus or light rail, including Trinity Railway Express (TRE) between EBJ Union Station and CentrePort/DFW Station.
Source: dart.org
Shell Invests in the Whale Development in the Gulf of Mexico
Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, today announces the final investment decision (FID) for Whale, a deep-water development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that features a 99% replicated hull and an 80% replication of the topsides from our Vito project.
“Whale is the latest demonstration of our focus on simplification, replication, and capital projects with shorter cycle times to drive greater value from our advantaged positions,” said Wael Sawan, Shell Upstream Director. “We are building on more than 40 years of deep-water expertise to deliver competitive projects that yield high-margin barrels so that we are able to meet the energy demands of today while generating the cash required to help fund the development of the energy of the future.”
The whale will be the second Shell-operated deep-water development in the Gulf of Mexico to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design. With this development approach, Shell anticipates an internal rate of return estimated to be greater than 25%. Our Whale development will feature energy-efficient gas turbines and compression systems. This development will be the latest addition to our Gulf of Mexico portfolio where our production is among the lowest greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity in the world for producing oil.
The Whale development, owned by Shell Offshore Inc. (60% operator) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (40%), is expected to reach peak production of approximately 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) and currently has an estimated, recoverable resource volume of 490 million boe. The whale will be Shell’s 12th deep-water host in the Gulf of Mexico and is currently scheduled to begin production in 2024.
Shell’s Powering Progress strategy to thrive through the energy transition includes increasing investment in lower-carbon energy solutions while continuing to pursue the most energy-efficient and highest-return Upstream investments.
Source: www.shell.com
Governor Abbott Orders Texas National Guard To Assist Texas Department Of Public Safety In Making Arrests Related To Border Crisis
During the Governor’s Border Security Summit in Del Rio in mid-June, the Governor announced that individuals who commit criminal trespass or other state offenses will be subject to arrest and confinement. This order builds upon the Governor’s disaster declaration that directs DPS to enforce all federal and state criminal laws including criminal trespassing, smuggling, and human trafficking.
“To respond to this disaster and secure the rule of law at our Southern border, more manpower is needed—in addition to the troopers from DPS and soldiers from the Texas National Guard I have already deployed there—and DPS needs help in arresting those who are violating state law,” reads the letter. “By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, I hereby order that the Texas National Guard assist DPS in enforcing Texas law by arresting lawbreakers at the border.”
Source: gov.texas.gov
Cierre en importante autopista este fin de semana
El Departamento de Transporte de Texas anunció que este fin de semana habrá un cierre mayor en la autopista I-69, conocida como Southwest Freeway en dirección norte a la altura de la I-610 West Loop.
De acuerdo con TXDoT, el carril hacia el norte de esta autopista estará cerrada desde las 9 pm de esta noche hasta la mañana del lunes 26 de julio. La razón es la construcción de los trabajos del proyecto de intercambiador entre estas dos importantes arterias viales.
Así pues, prepárate para buscar alternativas si conduces con regularidad en esta vía al suroeste del área metropolitana de Houston.
Summer 2021 Fashion Trends
After a year of being cooped up at home, we’ve never been so ready to show off our outfits. Taking cues from our favorite stars, there is a slew of fun summer 2021 fashion trends to incorporate into your closet to freshen up your threads.
From frills and ruffles to menswear-inspired tailoring to slides and pastels, these trends will rule this summer. Among the stars who have worn ruffles recently are Lizzo (at the Grammy Awards in Balmain); Bridgerton’s Kathryn Drysdale (in a gown by Jenny Packham for the SAG Awards) and Bella Hadid (who posted a photo to her IG wearing a ruffled Junya Watanabe top), while Rihanna was recently spotted out in Los Angeles wearing the pastel trend, pairing a pale blue Maisie Wilen outfit with a vintage light-pink-and-blue Chanel jacket.
To help you sport these styles, we’ve rounded up the top picks for the best summer 2021 fashion trends. Make room in your closet now …
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The trend to Try: Ruffles and Smocking
1. Loveshackfancy Prezia Floral Cotton Top
It’s all about the details: Frills and ruffles will make even the most basic piece stand out, like this ruffled and smocked top by Loveshackfancy (the brand has been spotted on stars including Heidi Klum and Yara Shahidi). Smocking on the bodice and ruffled straps transform the staple into a showstopper. The sunny yellow floral print is another great summer 2021 fashion trend. It can easily be dressed up or down, going from picnic in the park with denim shorts to cocktail hour with a sleek skirt.
2. BB Dakota Under The Sun Dress
If subtlety is more your style, this BB Dakota dress is the perfect way to wear the summer 2021 ruffles fashion trend. Just a touch of ruffles on the straps is all you need to work the look. Since the maxi dress is tiered, you get two trends in one. Breezy yet beautiful, this comfy but elegant dress will be in heavy rotation this summer.
3. Free People One Maia Smocked Bandeau
Whether you wear it solo or underneath an open blouse, this Free People smocked bandeau adds a vintage-inspired touch to summer looks. Available in a variety of floral-print colors, this sweetheart neckline piece has removable straps and a ruched cinch-tie front. (Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Selena Gomez are a few stars who are often spotted in the bohemian label.)
The trend to Try: Menswear-Inspired Tailoring
4. Rails Alyssa Top
After many days spent in sweatsuits, tailored essentials are making a welcome return, with a twinge of menswear inspiration. This breezy button-down shirt by Rails is a great take on the classic piece. The stripes give it a fun borrowed-from-the-boys touch.
5. Sugar Lips Women’s Double Button Blazer
Essentially the double-breasted blazer of your dreams, this versatile jacket can easily go from work to the weekend. Its slightly oversized fit and back slit detail make for a flattering cut. It comes in black, navy, and a pretty lavender that is spot on for spring and summer.
The trend to Try: Utilitarian Touches
6. The Kooples Shirt-Style Button-Down Dress
Military details always make for a stylish staple. The Kooples brings its French aesthetic to the tradition with this button-down dress with a twist. The quarter-length puffed sleeves add a dash of whimsy to an otherwise serious style, minus the flirty hemline.
7. The Drop Faux Leather Long Shirt Jacket
Who doesn’t love a good twofer? Doubling as a shirt or a jacket, this faux-leather piece by The Drop elevates the army basic. Between the classic cut and neutral hue, this piece is sure to go the distance.
The trend to Try: Pretty Pastels
8. Astr the label Sleeveless Lace Fit & Flare Midi Dress
One of the biggest summer 2021 fashion trends is pastels — and it’s also one of the easiest to wear. There’s a pastel hue out there that works for everyone. This Astr the label lace dress comes in a slew of shades, making it tempting to buy a few. The perfect dress for summer weddings, all it needs is a pair of strappy heels and dainty jewelry for the night.
9. H&M Conscious Linen-Blend Dress
This breezy wildflower-print dress from H&M’s Conscious collection makes the perfect eco-minded summer staple, thanks to the adjustable spaghetti straps and airy woven fabric made from a linen and organic cotton blend.
The trend to Try: Crisp Cotton Poplin
10. French Connection Besima Belted Cotton Poplin Dress
For those hot summer days when you want to feel cool but look put together, this lightweight poplin dress by French Connection is the answer. Made from lightweight poplin, its short puffed sleeves, belted waist, and front-button closure check off so many boxes when it comes to summer 2021 fashion trends.
