COVID-19

The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for CorDx TyFast Flu A/B & COVID-19 At Home Multiplex Rapid Test, according to an FDA roundup news release.

One in eight hospitalized adults treated for community-acquired pneumonia were misdiagnosed and given unnecessary antibiotics, according to a study in Michigan.

The average number of deaths from excessive alcohol use increased by 29.3% from 2016 to 2021, with an age-standardized rise in death rate from 38.1 to 47.6 per 100,000 population, according to data in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The FDA authorized emergency use of pemivibart for pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older weighing at least 40 kg.

The cost-effectiveness of routine COVID-19 testing among nursing home staff depended on the virulence of variants circulating during the time of testing, researchers found.

A task force supported by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society recently published the first guidance for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in children in the vaccine era.

The U.S. House of Representatives reauthorized the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for 1 year as part of a spending package passed on Friday, sending the plan to the Senate for consideration.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the overall well-being of the health care workforce.

A 60 mm Hg vs. 90 mm Hg oxygenation target helped adult ICU patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxemia spend more days alive without life support, according to results published in JAMA.

Among patients who died of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, heart tissues were damaged even when they were not directly affected by the virus, researchers reported.