Respiratory Infections News

The CDC updated its COVID-19 testing guidance to say that people who have come in close contact with an infected patient but remain asymptomatic “do not necessarily need a test.”

Researchers found that serum testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies performs well when used 2 weeks or more after symptom onset.

Two people on an international flight from Israel to Germany likely acquired SARS-CoV-2 from fellow passengers who had unknowingly been in contact with an infected hotel manager, according to a study.

Since its founding in 2018, the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Equity Task Force (IDA&E) has worked to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

Google searches for anxiety-related terms in the 58 days that followed President Donald J. Trump’s declaration of a national emergency because of COVID-19 reached record highs, researchers wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.

On Sunday, the FDA authorized the emergency use of convalescent plasma as a therapy for patients hospitalized with COVID-19, saying the “known and potential benefits” of the technique outweigh any risks.

The excess mortality observed during the initial 2 months of the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City was comparable to the excess mortality observed during the peak of the 1918 influenza pandemic, according to a study.

HHS said it will continue to receive COVID-19 patient data directly from hospitals, clarifying comments made by White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah L. Birx, MD, that indicated this duty may again fall with the CDC.

Although there is not yet solid evidence of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a “reasonable assumption” can be made that it may occur, said Anthony S. Fauci, MD.

My path into infectious diseases began in 1983 during my intern year at Grady, when patients with a new infectious disease that we now know as HIV/AIDS began showing up.