Respiratory Infections News

In updated guidance, the AAP said it no longer recommends separating newborns from mothers infected with COVID-19 — a precaution that was included in the initial guidance issued in April, when less was known about COVID-19 and newborns.

The performance of home-based midnasal swab collection for SARS-CoV-2 detection was comparable to clinic-based nasopharyngeal swab collection, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

The NIH announced the start of a phase 3 clinical trial of the first investigational COVID-19 vaccine given to people in the United States.

Findings from a years-long phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in Mongolian school children showed that it did not lower the risk for tuberculosis.

The CDC issued what it called “new science-based resources and tools” to supplement its guidelines for reopening schools safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Almost 20% of young adults without a chronic medical condition did not return to their usual state of health within 2 to 3 weeks following SARS-CoV-2 infection, survey results published in MMWR showed.

Nearly 20% of patients treated for pneumonia did not display pneumonia symptoms on their first day of treatment, but antibiotics were used for 3 days or more after symptoms ceased in one-third of patients, according to a large cohort study.

Patients with influenza-like illness who tested positive for coronaviruses besides SARS-CoV-2 and received oseltamivir plus usual care recovered faster than patients who received only usual care, according to researchers.

Hydroxychloroquine, by itself or with azithromycin, did not improve the clinical status of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, according to results from a randomized controlled trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, was asked to compare the COVID-19 pandemic to a baseball game.