Respiratory Infections News

The FDA has authorized LabCorp’s Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit ⎼⎼ the first direct-to-consumer COVID-19 test kit ⎼⎼ for use by anyone aged 18 years and older.

Health authorities in the United Kingdom have advised against giving Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to individuals with a history of allergic reaction, CNN and other outlets reported.

Adult patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 and secondary bloodstream infections had a more severe initial presentation, prolonged hospital stay and worse clinical outcomes, according to a recent study.

AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated an overall efficacy of 70% after two doses, according to interim data from four trials published in The Lancet.

Outdoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses is possible, but the odds are much lower than indoor transmission, according to a recent study.

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has picked Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, to lead the CDC upon his inauguration on Jan. 20.

Use of the antidepressant fluvoxamine in patients with COVID-19 was associated with a slightly lower likelihood of clinical deterioration over 15 days in a small study, according to results published in JAMA.

The AAP now says that children should wear masks while participating in most sports.

Protection from the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Moderna Inc. and the NIH remained elevated 3 months after delivery of the second dose, study findings showed.

Health care systems have previously acknowledged the importance of — but rarely implemented — strategies for integrating palliative care into ED care, researchers wrote in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.