Respiratory Infections News

In new guidance, the CDC said people exposed to COVID-19 who are asymptomatic can quarantine for 10 days instead of 14, and for 7 days if they receive a negative test result.

The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the first country to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, which will soon be reviewed for use in the United States.

In a 13-1 vote, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended Tuesday that health care personnel and residents in long-term care facilities be prioritized to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when one is available.

Despite having a “markedly increased chance” of testing positive for COVID-19, Black, Hispanic and Asian children and young adults are less likely than white patients to be tested, findings in JAMA Pediatrics showed.

At a New Jersey hospital, a cluster of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections peaked during a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, suggesting that hospitals with COVID-19 surges are vulnerable to drug-resistant infections.

SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness appears to peak in the upper respiratory tract in the first week of illness — earlier than other coronaviruses, which may explain the rapid spread of COVID-19, according to researchers.

The FDA’s vaccine advisory committee will meet on Dec. 17 to review an emergency use authorization (EUA) request for the COVID-19 vaccine candidate codeveloped by Moderna and the NIH, Moderna announced.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States could nearly double — or worse — before the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Jan. 20, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

In this video, Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, infection control officer at Texas Children’s Hospital, discusses testing and treatment strategies for tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis infections.

We are seeing an enormous rise in COVID-19 cases, but as we continue to focus on controlling the pandemic, it is vital that we prevent outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.