Coronavirus

Preventive medicine expert William Schaffner, MD, discusses what it will take for investigators to properly assess and manufacture a vaccine.

The opening of this new category of coronavirus testing makes antigen the third type authorized by the FDA, following polymerase chain reaction and serological tests.

Medical journal editors call for managed expectations for the numerous clinical trials that will soon release results on potential COVID-19 treatments.

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

A quick video summary of today's COVID-19 headlines.

An assessment of 1300 hospitalized patients in New York shows the rheumatic drug is neither beneficial nor harmful to reducing mortality from coronavirus.

The device, which uses a sample collected from the patient’s nose with a nasal swab and saline, will allow patients to collect their own sample and return it to a Rutgers laboratory in a sealed package for testing.

Investigators have pinpointed two types of cells in the lining of the nose that they say are the most likely entry points for SARS-CoV-2.

The health system’s response could be used as a teaching model for addressing future infectious disease threats.

Moderna hopes to initiate phase 2 and late stage studies of its vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, against COVID-19.

A quick summary of our daily COVID-19 coverage.

People who live in the same household as people who tested positive for COVID-19 had a 17% chance of becoming infected themselves, a new study found.

The hourlong test programs a CRISPR molecule to detect specific signature for SARS-CoV-2 in a series of differing test samples.

Reduced T cell count in patients with coronavirus could be as important an indicator for urgent intervention as reduced respiratory function.

A new study argues artificial intelligence will be a key tool in helping to evaluate the new barrage of new scientific research.

The 15 diagnostic guidelines weigh the currently accepted definition of coronavirus, and consider the prevalence of regional cases in at-risk patients.

Managing editor Kevin Kunzmann provides a summary of our daily COVID-19 coverage.

New data from a New York City-based hospital shows patients on blood thinners had a lower mortality risk due to COVID-19.

Findings of BMC Public Health analysis suggest cost-cutting measures may delay diagnosis and treatment.

Until this week, French public health officials had believed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had arrived in the country in January. A new study suggests it happened at least a month earlier.

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

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A quartet of candidates will be simultaneously assessed in younger and older healthy adult patient groups in the phase 1/2 trials.

The wearable technology is now authorized to monitor patients for changes in QT interval. Investigational drugs being administered to COVID-19 patients, such as chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, can cause prolongation of QT intervals and life-threatening arrhythmias.

Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, explains his hypothesis that universally adopting face shields could help cut the transmissibility of COVID-19.

Virologists have taken marketed drugs from in-vitro screening for potential to repurpose for SARS-CoV-2 to in-vivo results in animal model.

Even after putting public health policies in place, the state reached 2600 nursing home cases before the end of April.

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

Cornelius J. Clancy, MD, discusses navigating partial trial information and the need for coherent national coordination on the COVID-19 response.

Midway through the pandemic outbreak, investigators attempts to highlight some of the strongest candidates to fight the disease.