COVID's "Transformative" Effect on the Health Care System
Paul Sax, MD, discusses remdesivir, scientific literature in the age of COVID-19, and the pandemic's long-lasting effects on the future of health care.
Can COVID-19 Recovery Confer Privilege in a Reopened Economy?
A series of essays consider the privileges and ethics of an immunity-based "passport" to proceed with fewer restrictions in the age of COVID-19.
Lopinavir-Ritonavir Not Better than Standard Care for COVID-19 Patients
Treating severe COVID-19 patients with lopinavir-ritonavir did not have any significant effect compared to standard-care control patients.
Contagion Live News Network: The Uphill Battle for Mass Testing
A quick summary of the day's infectious disease headlines.
FDA Provides Guidances to Streamline COVID-19 Trial Applications
The agency provided 2 new recommendation guidelines for sponsors looking to assess potential preventive and therapeutic agents for the coronavirus.
Best-Case Coronavirus Vaccine Scenarios
What is the hopeful expectation of the new candidates, relative to previously developed vaccines?
Learning from RSV Infections: Insight into Immune Response
RSV causes thousands of deaths in children - why do some have more severe disease?
COVID-19: Do We Have Enough Lab Specialists for Mass Testing?
Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, discusses the challenges our shortage of medical laboratory specialists creates for the COVID-19 response.
Assessing Household Coronavirus Exposure and Contact Tracing
Contact tracing allows epidemiological response by not only notifying people of exposure so they can quarantine, but also understanding potential exposure dynamics that allowed for disease transmission.
Adolescent HIV Prevention: Overcoming the PrEP "Purview Paradox"
Conversations about PrEP with a clinician are the least common among adolescents with the greatest risk for HIV.
Contagion Live News Network: Epidemic Risks of Industrial Farming & More
A brief summary of our daily coverage.
FDA Expands COVID-19 At-Home Test Collection Authorization to Saliva Samples
The Rutgers laboratory is now authorized to receive and test collected, prescribed samples of either nasal or saliva samples for possible COVID-19.
The Pursuit of a COVID-19 Vaccine
Preventive medicine expert William Schaffner, MD, discusses what it will take for investigators to properly assess and manufacture a vaccine.
Raxibacumab Does Not Harm Anthrax Vaccine Immunogenicity
In a new phase 4 study, investigators found giving patients raxibacumab at the start of anthrax vaccine adsorbed administration does hurt the protective quality of the vaccine.
Individualized Beta-Lactam Therapy and Monitoring
Elevated beta-lactam concentrations have been associated with neurotoxic adverse effects, including seizures and mental status changes.
FDA Authorizes First Emergency COVID-19 Antigen Test
The opening of this new category of coronavirus testing makes antigen the third type authorized by the FDA, following polymerase chain reaction and serological tests.
Medical Editors Urge Cautious Interpretation of COVID-19 Clinical Trials
Medical journal editors call for managed expectations for the numerous clinical trials that will soon release results on potential COVID-19 treatments.
Overfarming Might Increase Risk for Epidemics
The bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni has developed chicken and cattle specific strains since the rise of 20th century livestock farming.
Recap: The 5 COVID-19 Related FDA Authorizations So Far in May 2020
Here is a look at some of the US FDA authorizations in the month of May so far.
Novel Malaria Vaccine Candidate Triggers Pathogen to Self-Destruct
Investigators detailed a promising new approach to fighting malaria with an antibody that targets a specific malaria protein, triggering the pathogen to self-destruct.
Lactated Ringer Injection Recalled Due to Metal Particulate Contamination
We’ve compiled a list of recalls issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) from this past week:
Contagion Live News Network: Coronavirus Updates for May 8, 2020
A quick video summary of today's COVID-19 headlines.
Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Influence COVID-19 Intubation, Death
An assessment of 1300 hospitalized patients in New York shows the rheumatic drug is neither beneficial nor harmful to reducing mortality from coronavirus.
FDA Authorizes At-Home Sample Collection for COVID-19 Testing
The device, which uses a sample collected from the patient’s nose with a nasal swab and saline, will allow patients to collect their own sample and return it to a Rutgers laboratory in a sealed package for testing.
Two Nose Cells Most Likely Entry Points for COVID-19
Investigators have pinpointed two types of cells in the lining of the nose that they say are the most likely entry points for SARS-CoV-2.
Examining the Impact of HIV Drug Costs on Medicare Patients
Sky-high HIV drugs costs are a significant barrier to adherence and our goal of eradicating the virus.
Planning Underway for Phase 2 Trial of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine
Moderna hopes to initiate phase 2 and late stage studies of its vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, against COVID-19.
Contagion Live News Network: Coronavirus Updates for May 7, 2020
A quick summary of our daily COVID-19 coverage.
Spouses, Adults Most Likely to Get COVID-19 Infection from Household Member
People who live in the same household as people who tested positive for COVID-19 had a 17% chance of becoming infected themselves, a new study found.
FDA Authorizes First CRIPSR Test Kit for COVID-19
The hourlong test programs a CRISPR molecule to detect specific signature for SARS-CoV-2 in a series of differing test samples.