COVID-19

Health care professionals around the world are reporting that the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from receiving optimal care, resulting in increased risk for organ damage, according to a survey.

We all remember how drastically our lives and practices were changed during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awake prone positioning lowered the risk for endotracheal intubation but not for mortality compared with usual care among patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure from COVID-19, according to a study published in The BMJ.

Patients who died of COVID-19 had a high expression of MUC5B in their lungs and mucus accumulation in distal airways, according to a study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Q&As are a good opportunity for experts to communicate directly with readers about emerging topics in medicine. Below is a list of Q&As related to pediatrics that were published in 2022.

Experts argued for the development of COVID-19 vaccines that can be delivered at the site of infection, but questioned whether it is possible to make a mucosal vaccine that prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection — and not just severe disease.

The Biden administration announced that U.S. households will be able to order four free at-home rapid COVID tests from the U.S. Postal Service.

Patients with gout, and especially women, may be at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes regardless of vaccination status, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

At the end of this month, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, will officially step down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which he has led for nearly 4 decades.