Respiratory Infections News

Counting critically ill patients’ breaths over a 30-second period could misclassify up to 40% of respiratory scores, data show.

Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD, FIDSA, said it will be important to closely monitor President Trump and other White House staffers and administration officials who recently tested positive for COVID-19.

A combination of interferon beta-1b and lopinavir-ritonavir reduced mortality in hospitalized patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome, according to results from a randomized clinical trial in The New England Journal of Medicine.

In contrast to previous pandemics, the pediatric unit of a New York City community hospital saw a 29% decline in admissions during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is rare, occurring in one or two out of every 1,000 reported pediatric patients with COVID-19, Sandy Hong, MD, FAAP, noted in a presentation during the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

The implementation of a tap water avoidance protocol in four units at Duke University Hospital reduced overall pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria acquisition by 76%, according to study data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

The CDC updated its online COVID-19 guidance to say that SARS-CoV-2 “can sometimes be spread by airborne transmission.”

Currently, none of the COVID-19 vaccines in clinical development are being tested among people aged younger than 18 years, but this could change soon, said Paul A. Offit, MD.

COVID-19 cases among adults aged 18 to 22 years increased 55% in the United States between August and September, according to findings published in MMWR.

Experts have expressed concern about a surge in COVID-19 cases during influenza season.