Respiratory Infections

A study team assessed 4 methods of N95 mask decontamination, with results suggesting that proper procedure can allow the reuse of masks 2-3 times.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, explains that masks can't replace social distancing for those at highest risk for severe COVID-19.

The device has test result features likened to pregnancy tests, and can be produced vastly every month.

Brad Spellberg, MD, explains how real progress can be made to a debted system with worsened rates of user health.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, answers whether an age based coronavirus strategy would worsen the pandemic's impact on workers and minority racial groups.

Investigators report comparable SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody counts across age groups, as well as favorable safety outcomes for the two-dose vaccine.

Soon after visiting 38 hospitals in Michigan, over half of patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 received antibiotics.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated COVID-19 guidance, sharing advice on safe travel

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, takes a total social health perspective on the global use of mass quarantines as a primary COVID-19 control strategy.

Brad Spellberg, MD, discusses how the subspecialty lost "ownership" of its opportunities for pattented prescribing and referral years ago.

Investigators observed a second set of virus in a previously infected 33-year-old man, nearly 5 months after his first positive COVID-19 case.

An infectious disease chief medical officer discusses the cracks in US healthcare exposed by the pandemic.

The newest authorization comes following a week of clinical, legislative, and public health debate surrounding the realistic benefit of the survivor-extracted therapy.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, explains the standard Sweden uses to collect data on the country's seemingly high COVID-19 mortality.

Martin Kulldorff, PhD, explains how an age-based focus for COVID-19 mitigation might better protect both older people and younger people with comorbidities.

School administrators, nurses and teachers are trying to develop plans to bring students back for critical in-school learning while keeping staff and immune-suppressed students safe.

Rodney E. Rohde, a clinical laboratory specialist at Texas State University, goes into the competing priorities of college and K-12 school reopening.

Scientists are willing to speak out and have collegial debates – but medical institutions and media have to catch up: fringe voices are often the only ones platformed to discuss important scientific nuances or debates.

A University of Maryland Professor of Pathology explains that SARS-CoV-2 has unique ways of evading detection.

Pediatricians agree schools are critical for child development and mental health. But their safety from the pandemic cannot be comprised for it.

The US FDA was said to be considering an emergency authorization for COVID-19 plasma just last week. For now, the authorization is on hold.

Citing the rise of the anti-vaccine movement, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, explains the role scientists can play in building trust and literacy by engaging the public.

From immunity building to plasma research, a look at some lesser efficient practices adopted or proposed during the pandemic.

The ideal time to act on COVID-19 was in January, says public health expert Raj Bhopal.

The US CDC has been engaged in a back and forth with media for several days after reductionist reporting on immunity related to COVID-19 suggested categorical proof of antibody based immunity to reinfection.

Use of an IL-6 inhibitor has the potential to prevent the cytokine storm caused by severe COVID-19 infection.

July ended with nearly 100,000 new cases among children in the US. What does that mean for public and school reopenings?

SalivaDirect is unique in that it does not require a particular type of swab or collection device; any sterile container is suitable for saliva collection with the test.

Armand Balboni, MD, PhD, discusses progress toward FDA authorization and/or approval of favipiravir for COVID-19 as a prophylactic measure.