Respiratory Infections News

A blood test to assess C-reactive protein levels in patients with COVID-19 may help determine who would benefit from treatment with glucocorticoid and who would not, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Two studies published on the same day by The Lancet reported encouraging data on two COVID-19 vaccine candidates, one being developed at Oxford University and the other in Wuhan, China.

Walk into a shop or restaurant ... and cough. Everybody will notice — and many will rapidly move away from you. Cough in a hospital waiting room and you will find a cotton swab in your nose as health workers rush you into isolation.

As a resident, William Schaffner, MD, once showed up to work with influenza and was met by an incredulous look from his chief resident, who promptly sent him home.

Mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 who received tocilizumab were 45% less likely to die, according to a single-center study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

The FDA approved the first COVID-19 diagnostic test for pooled sampling.

As the COVID-19 pandemic heightens concerns regarding national and international travel, Trish Perl, MD, MSc, sees a chance for Americans to change their behaviors.

Beginning today, all hospitals will report COVID-19 patient data directly to the Trump administration.

IDWeek organizers decided unanimously to convert this year’s meeting to a completely virtual event over concerns about COVID-19.

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, told CNN last month that it is unlikely a COVID-19 vaccine with an efficacy of up to 75% that is taken by two-thirds of the population would be enough to create herd immunity against the novel coronavirus.