Respiratory Infections News

The NIH said it will award up to $20 million over 4 years to fund research projects that seek to identify factors that place children at high risk for developing a serious inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19.

Leaders in public health held a discussion during the National Medical Association’s virtual convention about how the COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting the Black community and other communities of color in the United States.

Results from two trials published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine “offer hope” in the ongoing search for a way to prevent respiratory syncytial virus, an expert said.

Mass testing prompted by COVID-19 outbreaks at four long-term care facilities in San Francisco revealed high rates of asymptomatic infections among residents and workers, according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Some active ingredients in mouthwash are effective against pneumonia-causing bacteria, according to the results of an in vitro study presented during ASM Microbe, which is being held virtually.

A global clinical trial will test the safety and efficacy of monoclonal antibody treatments among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the NIH announced.

A voluntary screening program implemented to protect personnel and patients from asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 showed that every asymptomatic health care worker at a Michigan hospital tested negative, researchers reported.

A quality improvement intervention led to a 7% sustained reduction in antibiotic prescribing for pediatric acute respiratory tract infections at nearly two dozen U.S. practices, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

From January to April, there was a 63.5% decline in emergency visits in New York, where the COVID-19 pandemic was most severe in the United States, according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

As cases of tuberculosis have declined in California, patients with TB have become more complex to treat, researchers reported in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.