Respiratory Infections News

Out of more than 3 million health care workers in more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals, 30% remained unvaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sept. 15, according to a study.

Patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children experienced more severe illness during a second wave of cases compared with the first, according to a study published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Screening in Mali, where 60% of people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, found no difference in the rates of respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms among people who had been infected vs. people who were not, according to a study.

Wastewater-based surveillance for COVID-19 was shown to be effective and feasible in low-resource settings, according to data presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene meeting.

As William Schaffner, MD, prepares for the upcoming holidays, he and his family are taking all the proper COVID-19 precautions, including testing and retesting before and after travel.

Nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19 who received the inhaled glucocorticoid Alvesco had the same recovery time as those who received placebo, data from a phase 3 trial showed.

During the 2021 match cycle, a presence on Twitter and having specialized training tracks were associated with a higher likelihood of filling infectious disease fellowships programs, researchers found.

NEW YORK — A CDC official said that pediatric COVID-19 cases likely have been underreported and reassured providers about the safety of vaccination during a keynote at this year’s Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium.

NEW YORK — Surges of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, are “almost predictable,” according to an expert’s presentation.

Personal protective equipment has not been developed for female health care workers and those from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds, leading to potentially lower levels of protective performance for these populations, according to findings published in BMJ Global Health.