Rachel Lutz

The bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni has developed chicken and cattle specific strains since the rise of 20th century livestock farming.

Device-related pressure injuries, moisture-associated skin damage, and skin tears were all common among Chinese clinicians treating the coronavirus.

A team of investigators lay out 3 scenarios for the global pandemic duration—based on previous pandemic learning and public health adherence.

Studies should be done in humans to gain insight, before making recommendations solely on lab results, the study authors said.

How closely related were the RSV strains in a Louisiana NICU outbreak?

US and China research shows the coronavirus is not present in semen samples, unlike Ebola and the Zika virus.

A pair of experts cite fair innings in their debate, wondering if age should play a role in deciding who qualifies for life-saving coronavirus treatments.

Hypertension, obesity, and diabetes are the most observed comorbidities among infected patients in the New York City area.

Before undergoing fecal microbiota transplant, “patients deserve risk mitigation, which can be accomplished with thorough vetting and regulation,” the authors of a new paper wrote.

Hong Kong applied preventative measures learned during the SARS epidemic when trying to control the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Younger patients hospitalized with COVID-19 frequently feature obesity as an underlying condition.

New York City learned best practices to deal with coronavirus by observing outcomes in China, Italy and Seattle, but must continue to pay it forward for health care workers.

Study authors conducted a meta-analysis to determine how prevalent loss of smell was as a predictor for COVID-19.

Deaths were reported among all age groups of health care personnel infected with COVID-19.

The UK is offering guidance on psychological first aid, which can help offset short- and long-term mental health consequences of social distancing.

As the influenza season for 2019-20 comes to a close, Contagion® has the latest on baloxavir and what other infections adults with the flu may have.

A worldwide tool can track exposure and outcomes for health care workers who perform intubations on suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients.

Among 4 babies born with coronavirus in Wuhan, China, 1 had no noticeable symptoms.

Emergency room doctors in Wuhan tracked their own recoveries from coronavirus using a phone app to aid researchers.

Organizational leaders can support their health care workers fighting COVID-19 in small ways. Start by asking “what do you need?”

The majority of critically ill patients admitted to the ICU in Lombardy, Italy with COVID-19 were older men and required mechanical ventilation.

The study authors followed up with 19 patients with pancreatic echinococcosis after their surgeries, as well as collected their treatment journeys.

A look at what key questions still have to be answered about COVID-19.

Diabetics and patients taking glucocorticoids may be at increased risk for COVID-19 and more severe disease.

CDC investigators believe they have determined the cause for influenza vaccine effectiveness decline.

“If we act immediately, we can make the anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2020, the day America declares victory over the coronavirus,” wrote one NEJM editorialist.

The authors of the analysis broke down palliative care during a pandemic into 8 critical categories.

Investigators recommend extending quarantine periods for recovering COVID-19 patients by an additional 2 weeks.

Investigators look to answer questions about breast milk’s protective effects for infants from COVID-19, the infection caused by the novel coronavirus.

After the MODIFY trial, investigators wanted to explore how bezlotoxumab treated patients in the real world.