Respiratory Infections News

T2 Biosystems, Inc. announced the launch of T2SARS-CoV-2 Panel, a COVID-19 molecular diagnostic test, according to a press release issued by the company.

A patient’s blood type plays a role in the likelihood of developing COVID-19, data from two genetic studies show.

The Curetis Unyvero Lower Respiratory Tract, or LRT, anel showed similar clinical sensitivity and specificity compared conventional cultures for specimens in patients with suspected pneumonia, according to a recent study.

Less than half of inpatients and outpatients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection reported recent contact with an infected person, according to survey results published in MMWR.

Testing of quarantined inmates and detainees in a Louisiana facility identified “a high proportion” of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic persons who likely would have been missed through symptom screening only, according to findings in MMWR.

The Infectious Disease Society of America, or IDSA, updated their treatment guidelines for COVID-19 to recommend dexamethasone and remdesivir for treating hospitalized patients with severe disease.

ED visits for heart attacks, strokes and hyperglycemic crises all dropped in the 10 weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency in the United States, CDC data show.

This morning, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order to close bars and limit restaurants to 50% occupancy in a roll back of the state’s reopening amid an increase in positive tests for COVID-19.

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are at greater risk for hospitalization, ICU admission and receipt of mechanical ventilation compared with nonpregnant women of the same age, according to findings published in MMWR.

A college spring break trip to Mexico from March 14 to 19 resulted in 64 cases of COVID-19, according to data published in MMWR Report.