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How can critically ill COVID-19 patients experience immune system “paralysis” when inflammatory processes are in overdrive?

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.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, explains that masks can't replace social distancing for those at highest risk for severe COVID-19.

A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to ascertain optimal route and duration of antibiotic treatment of acute cellulitis

Drug has shown promise in COVID-19, but other, oral options are needed.

The device has test result features likened to pregnancy tests, and can be produced vastly every month.

Brad Spellberg, MD, explains how real progress can be made to a debted system with worsened rates of user health.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, answers whether an age based coronavirus strategy would worsen the pandemic's impact on workers and minority racial groups.

Soon after visiting 38 hospitals in Michigan, over half of patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 received antibiotics.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated COVID-19 guidance, sharing advice on safe travel

ARCC made the announcement yesterday that the WHO African Region is free of the virus.

ViiV Healthcare’s dolutegravir/lamivudine (Dovato) may be potential treatment option for this patient population

Hospitals considering interventions to reduce Clostridioides difficile infections may find that less is more, according to a new study that found daily cleaning with sporicidal products to be the most cost-effective single infection control strategy.

John Johnson, lead for Ebola vaccination with MSF France, describes the "ring strategy" used in controlling several infectious disease threats.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, takes a total social health perspective on the global use of mass quarantines as a primary COVID-19 control strategy.

Brad Spellberg, MD, discusses how the subspecialty lost "ownership" of its opportunities for pattented prescribing and referral years ago.

Company says investigational therapeutic could afford at least 6 months of protection from the virus.

Incomplete data tells only half the story, and this story is devastating.

This could be an important feature in potential vaccine development.

Regeneron will distribute a prospective therapy in the US and Roche will be responsible for it internationally.

Investigators observed a second set of virus in a previously infected 33-year-old man, nearly 5 months after his first positive COVID-19 case.

An infectious disease chief medical officer discusses the cracks in US healthcare exposed by the pandemic.

Obesity was a risk factor for intubation and death from COVID-19 for adults under the age of 65.

The newest authorization comes following a week of clinical, legislative, and public health debate surrounding the realistic benefit of the survivor-extracted therapy.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, explains the standard Sweden uses to collect data on the country's seemingly high COVID-19 mortality.

The IDSA recommends against its use in the hospital setting.

A refresher on the week's developments in the infectious disease drug & medical device FDA approval pipeline.