Respiratory Infections

Long-acting injectables for latent and active tuberculous (TB) might be a treatment option in the future and could open up the door to possibly bundling HIV and TB care together.

To mark World TB Day, a pair of experts break down the currently defined regimens for latent and active tuberculosis—and what may still come.

The small country's emphasis on accessible testing provided more up-to-date tracking, and opportunity for research into reinfection risk.

After a year of setbacks, AZD1222 has been associated with 100% prevention of severe COVID-19 in US trial participants. Could emergency authorization come soon?

An interview on perspectives learned from a nationwide PCR test database assessment.

Regardless of symptom status, the rate of participants positive for pan-immunoglobulins with neutralizing antibodies at baseline remained stable throughout 2020.

The new findings support increased protection from reinfection up to 6 months after first testing positive, though older patients are at greater risk of reinfection.

Researchers and clinicians continually failed to connect with the greater public on matters of the pandemic. What drove the divide between the already distanced groups?

A comparative study of same-day and seven-day TB test results show there is little difference in HIV treatment adherence or outcomes at 48 weeks.

The data additionally show a 94% prevention against asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, at a time when the country's dominant strain was the B.1.1.7 variant.

Though the product is authorized more than 70 countries, there is currently no reported US trial data, nor application for authorization to the FDA.

Macrolide-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae account for almost 40% of infections overall, a new study found.

While at the earliest stages of potential development, long-acting/extended release (LA/ER) formulations for treatment and prevention of TB could be something to be studied in the future.

Johns Hopkins data suggest men are being hospitalized more frequently with infection, and are facing more severe outcomes.

A UK health authority representative discussed the possibility of a fall season booster to prevent another winter surge of cases.

Though small in scale and still cautious, the new advisory reflects confidence in SARS-CoV-2 mitigation among a more vaccinated population.

The frontline assay from Abbott will help differentiate among 4 respiratory viruses in real-time.

The statement comes on the same day as a rare production agreement between pharmaceutical rivals, and Texas' announced lift of spread mitigation measures.

Courtesy of HCPLive, here's a look at 3 new pandemic talking points covered at the annual allergy and asthma meeting.

How observed changes in SARS-CoV-2 lineage have warranted heightened priority, and why sequencing deserves better resourcing beyond the pandemic.

A team of cross-country investigators discuss their coordinated tracking of a new variant in the US earlier this year.

The new trial comes at a time when the FDA has provided guidance on navigating immunogenicity trials for vaccines designed against more transmissible SARS-CoV-2 strains.

Supporting EUA data for the one-shot vaccine candidate showed Americans fared best in a 40,000-participant, international trial.

This indispensable personal protective equipment did come up in short supply and reuse strategies has become a topic of great interest and research.

The government-funded trial will seek to interpret the virus' transmissibility and infection, in order to inform vaccination and treatment strategies.

In this era of increasingly mobile and connected populations, it is possible for an infection to spread around the world in 24 to 48 hours.

Preprint data show a US-based variant has come to represent more than 27% and 11% of all sequenced genomes in Louisiana and New Mexico, respectively, through mid-January.

A new study suggests nursing homes with more people of color are actually at three-fold greater risk of COVID-19 mortality.

The EUA follows the authorization for lone therapy bamlanivimab for adults and children at risk of severe COVID-19.