Respiratory Medicine News

Personalized care could help patients and providers plan safe returns to work or school from respiratory illnesses, according to a research review.

The monoclonal antibody nirsevimab is 90% effective at preventing respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization in infants, according to research published in MMWR.

Adherence to plant-based diets decreased the risk for obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, although the reduction in risk differed between men and women, a study published in the European Respiratory Journal showed.

The latest COVID-19 vaccines reduce the risk for hospitalization or visits to an ED or urgent care by around 50%, according to interim data published in MMWR.

The CDC said Friday that people with COVID-19 no longer have to isolate for 5 days if they are showing certain signs of improvement — the first time in more than 2 years that the guidance has been updated.

The results of the second annual national primary care scorecard suggest the field is facing major problems — poor funding and a diminishing workforce, among them — but increased attention on the issues may offer hope, according to experts.

The CDC on Wednesday recommended a spring COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for adults aged 65 years or older.

A 70-year-old man presents to the office reporting that his wife made him come in to get evaluated for “horrible snoring.”

A blood test was capable of distinguishing sarcoidosis from other respiratory diseases using disease-specific antigen biomarkers/epitopes, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation, or CEPI, is spending $14.9 million to develop rapid tests for Nipah virus and Lassa fever.