The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for a rapid, lateral flow antigen test that is the first over-the-counter at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19.
The researchers conducted a study to measure the rate of readmission, reasons for readmission, and death rate following discharge of a hospitalization for COVID-19.
For this study, the researchers examined whether different lengths of ultraviolet light would disinfect surfaces with HCoV-OC43. SARS-CoV-2 and HCoV-OC43 are similar enough to be reasonable surrogates, the...
New data around treatment, prevention, and recovery of COVID-19 is being published daily. New research highlights the importance of preprint data and how they can impact clinical outcomes.
In a recent study, researchers investigated whether adding the anti-inflammatory baricitinib to treatment with the antiviral remdesivir lead to a reduction in the time to recovery in patients hospitalized...
The US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has voted 17 to 4 in favor of recommending the authorization the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2).
Christian Sandrock, MD, discussed advising your patients on infection prevention, clinical presentations of SARS-CoV-2, and various paths of management for illness.
