Infectious Emerging Diseases

PEDSnet study finds 4% of children tested by children's hospitals since March were positive and most infections were mild, but risk and severity may be higher for children with minority ethnicity or some chronic medical conditions…

What The Study Did: This observational study used electronic health records for almost 136,000 pediatric patients in the United States to describe testing for SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 illness. Authors: L. Charles…

Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - In response to the critical shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Radiology at University of South Florida…

National Poll: Over half of parents say it's important for children to see extended family and share in holiday rituals but many also want to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at family gatherings.Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National…

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- Before the COVID-19 pandemic, information about the dangers of vaping was emerging. To investigate the potentially serious health and respiratory implications of vaping, Mayo Clinic researchers wanted to better…

Credit: Associate Professor Masahiro Ono There is an idea within the coronavirus research field that there is some kind of T cell abnormality in critically ill COVID-19 patients, but specific details have not yet been clarified. To…

What The Study Did: Whether patients with COVID-19 had higher risk of tracheal complications after prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation and the possible reasons why were investigated in this study. Authors: Giacomo Fiacchini, M.D.,…

What The Study Did: How frequently older adults with COVID-19 present to the emergency department with delirium was examined in this observational study. Authors: Maura Kennedy, M.D., M.P.H., of Massachusetts General Hospital and…

What The Study Did: Researchers report two cases of ophthalmic clinical examination findings in patients who underwent prolonged prone positioning in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors: Howard D. Pomeranz,…

CHOP-led paper outlines five principles that would allow for equity, transparency, accountability, availability and access Philadelphia, November 19, 2020 --A group of vaccine experts led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has…

What The Study Did: A large, single-institution observational study suggests SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy wasn't associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Authors: Emily H. Adhikari, M.D., of the University of Texas…

Credit: The University of Queensland An experimental Alzheimer's disease treatment is proving effective at treating some of the most persistent, life-threatening antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers from The University…

Study in mice demonstrates how gut bacteria help ward off viruses to make animals resistant to infection The role of the gut microbiome in disease and health has been well established. Yet, how the bacteria residing in our guts protect us…

An experimental drug for neurodegenerative diseases can also reverse resistance to "last-resort" polymyxin antibiotics among bacteria that cause sepsis, a life-threatening complication from infections. The findings in mice suggest that…

Discovery of receptor, generation of decoy could help contain outbreaks of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a molecule that protects mice from brain…

Credit: Regenstrief Institute In a new editorial in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Kathleen Unroe, M.D., MHA, a geriatrician, is advocating for stronger relationships between health systems and nursing homes to…

The EBMT is honoured to invite you to the 47th EBMT Annual Meeting, which will take place virtually, 14th-17th March, 2021. More than 6,000 delegates attend the EBMT Annual Meeting. Our top-notch scientific programme for physicians,…

What The Study Did: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of severe COVID-19 with the respiratory muscles in critically ill patients and compare the findings with those who had been critically ill without COVID-19.…

At TropMed2020, scientists describe rush to gauge risks of Chapare virus, an emerging hemorrhagic fever seen previously in only one patient Arlington, Va. (November 16, 2020) - Researchers have discovered that a deadly virus found in…

Findings presented at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020 During the height of the pandemic, researchers at Children's National Hospital discovered that as many as one half of children diagnosed with multisystem…