Respiratory Infections News

Study results from a large Nebraska school district demonstrated that eliminating student quarantines after mask-on-mask COVID-19 exposure was not associated with secondary transmission, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

The CDC on Friday announced that it has begun adding wastewater surveillance data to its online COVID-19 data tracker.

In a real-world study of face masks conducted before the omicron surge, people who reported wearing N95 or KN95 respirators in public indoor spaces were 83% less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 than people who never wore a mask.

Gay and lesbian adults in the United States reported higher levels of COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine confidence than heterosexual adults, according to a new study published in MMWR.

Physical, mental and cognitive symptoms were frequently reported among a cohort of Dutch patients 1 year after they had been released from the ICU for COVID-19, data show.

Beginning in early spring, beneficiaries of original Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans will be eligible to receive free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, according to CMS.

Recent, albeit limited, data indicate SARS-CoV-2 infection can have a temporary effect on a man’s fertility.

Data from Los Angeles County during the omicron surge showed that the COVID-19 hospitalization rate was 23 times higher among people who were unvaccinated compared with people who had received a COVID-19 vaccine series and booster.

A phase 2 trial will evaluate if temporarily reducing the immunosuppressive medication of transplant recipients in the days before and after they receive an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine increases their immune response to the vaccine.

Pfizer and BioNTech are expected to ask the FDA to authorize a two-dose regimen of their COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children younger than age 5 years, according to multiple reports.