Respiratory Infections

A total of 9 firms signed the letter promising to put safety at the top of the priority list in ongoing COVID-19 vaccine development projects.

A follow-up on analysis from earlier in the pandemic reveals that virulence in children remained stable over a 5-month period.

The story of an early-infected US physician who launched a non-profit, participated in trials, and guided her peers after overcoming infection.

The phase 1/2 findings show the recently regulated two-dose vaccine was associated with no serious adverse events and antibody response within 21 days.

At a time when schools and college campuses have reopened, an expert discusses adolescents' trends in spreading COVID-19 more easily, and the lack of testing available to them.

Frontline health care workers had a nearly 12 times higher risk of testing positive for COVID-19 compared with individuals in the general community.

A review of the week's top infectious disease news, including links established between mental health and pursuit of need medical care during COVID-19.

How children and adolescents contract, spread, and suffer through the virus differently than other age groups.

New study suggests a connection between widespread mental health challenges and the decline in care during COVID-19.

Rinki Varindani Desai shares some of the challenges COVID-19 patients with lung injury have faced with Medicare after leaving the hospital.

Dysphagia specialist Rinki Varindani Desai shares her perspective on how COVID-19 has impacted her work and patients.

A team at UCSF has created a model which estimates how many pediatric cases are going unnoticed in any US county at any time.

A trio of studies appearing in JAMA today now support steroid use to reduce mortality in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Heat Biologics CEO Jeff Wolf talks with Contagion about the firm's effort to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus which can potentially be administered for some seniors by taking advantage of prior immune mechanisms.

One effort to develop a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine focuses on combining antibody and T cell immunity, using a gp96 protein based technology.

A new CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report adds information on seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health care workers in a 13-hospital multistate medical network between April and June of 2020.

A study team examined asthma prevalence in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with population asthma prevalence and a 4-year average of asthma prevalence in influenza hospitalizations across the United States.

John F. Kokai-Kun, PhD, Director of External Scientific Collaboration at USP, discusses the recent report of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection.

John F. Kokai-Kun, PhD, Director of External Scientific Collaboration at US Pharmacopeia, explains the fundamentals of convalescent plasma treatment for COVID-19.

Bhopal’s recent article, COVID-19 Zugzwang, was published in Public Health in Practice.

The 15-minute test was granted emergency authorization by the FDA earlier this week.

John F. Kokai-Kun, PhD, explains the supply chain and logistical issues limiting the scale of monoclonal antibody treatment.

John F. Kokai-Kun, PhD, Director of External Scientific Collaboration at US Pharmacopeia, explains the fundamentals of monoclonal antibody treatment.

Hospital admissions for stroke fell by nearly a third during March and April 2020 alone when compared with those months in 2019.

A study team assessed 4 methods of N95 mask decontamination, with results suggesting that proper procedure can allow the reuse of masks 2-3 times.