COVID-19

Urban families, Black and multiracial children and families with low socioeconomic status faced the highest rates of pediatric care disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found.

SAN ANTONIO — Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, or PAI-1, may serve as a biological marker for severe COVID-19, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

The FDA has issued emergency use authorization for the Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Test, the first over the counter at-home diagnostic test that can differentiate and detect influenza A and B, and SARS-CoV-2, the FDA announced in a press release.

Researchers observed immunoglobulin A autoantibodies that target lung surfactant proteins B and C in patients with severe COVID-19, according to study results published in American Journal of Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care.

During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a temporary increase in unstable or unsafe living situations and intimate partner violence for pregnant people in the U.S., according to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

A study that used wastewater signals to identify cases of COVID-19 found that even a small increase in the proportion of people wearing masks at elementary schools in one California county significantly reduced the chance of a case.

Patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19 acute respiratory disease had poorer physical and mental health 1 year later, according to study results.

An inhaled potent thiodigalactoside galectin-3 inhibitor appeared well-tolerated among patients with COVID-19 pneumonitis, according to study results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

A recent review of randomized controlled trials — most of which were conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic — has become part of the debate on the effectiveness of masks in preventing the spread of respiratory illnesses.

SEATTLE — Thirty years after he helped start the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, the medical conference helped honor Anthony S. Fauci, MD, for his work on HIV and other infectious diseases.