Respiratory Infections

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

Check out the latest coronavirus updates from Friday, April 10th.

The emergency use authorization will support the decontamination of 750,000 N95 respirators per day in the United States

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

Medical sleuths identify potential of baricitinib for COVID-19 by using artificial intelligence to sift through available agents that act on receptors of interest.

Thomas Dilworth, PharmD, provides a recap of ACEIs, ARBs, and NSAIDs in patients with COVID-19.

The system can be used among adult patients with COVID-19 who have been admitted to the ICU and are currently experiencing or will experience respiratory failure.

Check out the latest coronavirus updates from Thursday, April 9th.

Jason Kindrachuk, PhD, explains the animal reservoir spillover events involved in the emergence of viruses like SARS-CoV-2.

As governments and tech companies rush to find ways to use technology to track the spread of the novel coronavirus, a new paper cautions governments against going so quickly that they ignore privacy concerns.

The trial will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the agent in adults who are hospitalized with the novel virus

Krutika N. Mediwala, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, provides a recap of available information regarding Kaletra for the treatment of COVID-19.

Stay up to date on the latest COVID-19 news for April 8, 2020.

Robert Salata, MD, discusses the ARMS-I clinical trial that will enroll clinical staff caring for patients with COVID-19.

Jason Kindrachuk, PhD, addresses clinician questions about SARS-CoV-2 such as the length of infectious viral shedding and whether the virus will become endemic.

While school closures reduce case transmission of COVID-19, they may also reduce the capacity of a strained health care labor force.

Anthony Fauci, MD, of NIAID, Robert Redfield, MD, of CDC, and others considered initial epidemiology from Wuhan China, and the need to obtain, and act on new data.

AEI’s report outlines needed steps for country to return to health—and business.

Wendy M. Bamberg, MD, the editor of Contagion®’s Emerging and Re-emerging Infections section, shares her thoughts on social distancing, managing suspect cases, and lessons we can learn about COVID-19.

The FDA has granted an Emergency Use Authorization to the Cellex qSARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM Rapid Test

Data on the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of pediatric cases of COVID-19 in the United States are now emerging.

Stay up to date on the latest coronavirus updates from Tuesday April 7th.

Investigators from the University of Oxford say a mobile app could quickly identify contacts of persons infected with COVID-19 and alert those people of the need to self-isolate.

The city of Wuhan, China has eased controls on travel outside of the city after a lengthy lockdown.

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