Infection Control

Droplets generated by speech could be another mode of transmission for the new coronavirus, as a new study finds droplets created when speaking normally can linger in the air for up to 14 minutes, according to The New York Times.

Researchers translated an informative hand-washing song into 26 different languages to help promote hand hygiene compliance during the pandemic, according to an article published in The Journal of Hospital Infection.

A CDC strategy for releasing COVID-19 patients from isolation that relies on symptom checking instead of testing may result in patients returning to their communities too soon, according to a letter from researchers in the Journal of Infection.

The U.S. should require all Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to promote herd immunity, an emergency medicine physician wrote in an op-ed for STAT.

About 51 percent of children with COVID-19 who underwent testing had co-infections with other respiratory pathogens, a study to be published in the journal Pediatrics shows.

The new coronavirus can be present in the semen of infected patients, but this does not necessarily prove it can be transmitted sexually, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Though fewer children appear to get infected with the new coronavirus, and those who do tend to have less severe cases of the illness than adults, they may play a role in transmitting the virus, according to new research, The…

Only 8 percent of COVID-19 patients reported bacterial or fungal co-infection when they were admitted to a hospital, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Transmission of COVID-19 is high before and immediately after symptoms begin to show in a person infected with the new coronavirus, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows.

Chronic care management has, at its core, the goal of reducing the risk of disease progression and the risk of complications. Effective and efficient management of chronic medical conditions are key components of population health and reducing healthcare costs overall.…