New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest COVID-19 antibody tests often are inaccurate, with accuracy of the test at 49% in some populations. According to...
A team of researchers at University of Utah Health, including Drs. Sankar Swaminathan (Professor & Chief, Infectious Diseases) and Dinesh Verma (Research Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases) have shown the Epstein-Barr...
While it’s too soon to use COVID-19 antibody testing to issue “immunity passports”, antibody tests that are available today are good enough to inform decisions about public health and relaxing...
Pressure to perform widespread COVID-19 testing is growing as public health experts and ordinary citizens question the safety of reopening schools and businesses across the U.S. without better information about...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to support junior faculty, Julia and Will Dere, MD, have created a new Endowed Assistant Professorship in Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Emily Spivak (Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases) comments on some positive societal changes that she hopes to see continue even after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
University of Utah researcher Dr. Hannah Imlay (Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases) is cautiously hopeful that remdesivir, a drug originally developed to fight Ebola, will be an effective as a treatment...
Despite pathology labs awash with COVID-19 tests, laboratories are struggling with shortages of other supplies, such as swabs and tubes, which hampers the ability to get ahead of the ever-expanding...
Shortages in hospital staff, equipment, and space could force doctors in rural regions of the U.S. to begin to make rationing decisions that have been reported in Italy. Featuring Dr...
In March 2018, University of Utah faculty members Drs. Susana Keeshin and Adam Spivak founded the University of Utah PrEP Community Clinic. The clinic provides sexual health counseling, STD testing...
While critical questions about the deadly coronavirus remain unanswered and health officials around the world try to get a better handle on the coronavirus, local experts said the risk for...
Congratulations to Dr. Paloma Cariello (Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases). She was selected to receive the 2020 Early Career Educator Award in Health Sciences.
Dr. Paloma F. Cariello (Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases) has been announced as the Associate Dean for Health Equity, Inclusion & Diversity effective January 2, 2020.
