Respiratory Infections News

The FDA approved the first test capable of detecting neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from recent or prior infection.

SARS-CoV-2 can survive on human skin for about 9 hours — significantly longer than influenza A virus — underscoring the importance of hand hygiene, researchers said.

Unrestricted construction work was associated with an increased risk for COVID-19 hospitalization and community transmission, according to a study conducted in Texas.

Researchers are developing a tool that can predict severe respiratory syncytial virus in infants.

Emerging evidence suggests not all patients completely recover from COVID-19.

Grocery store employees with direct customer exposure are 5 times more likely than other employees to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, according to a small study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

COVID-19 rates at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers increased each month from April to August and were on average more than 13 times higher than the U.S. average, researchers reported in JAMA.

There were approximately 61,000 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed among U.S. children in the 1-week period ending Oct. 29 — the highest 1-week increase during the pandemic, according to the AAP.

As COVID-19 resurges across the United States and many places globally, experts estimate there will be major increases in cases and deaths over the next 6 months.

Johns Hopkins University launched its popular COVID-19 map on Jan. 22 — just 2 days after the first person in the United States was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.