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Compared with nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS), saliva samples provide higher diagnostic yield for detecting positivity to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a recent study has found.

A short-term treatment regimen based on high-dose gatifloxacin appears to be effective against multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) but at the cost of increased severe adverse drug reactions, as shown in a study.

Patients with autoimmune systemic diseases (ASD) are less likely to produce an immune response following inoculation with mRNA vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a recent study.

Despite the uptick in digital cardiology care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several key barriers to wearable device use remain, including high costs and limited technology knowledge, according to a recent study.

Handwashing, mask wearing, and physical distancing effectively reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the incidence of COVID-19, suggest the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the leptin and alternative complement pathways are hyperactivated, which in turn might lead to greater inflammation, a new study has found.

Urinary proadrenomedullin (proADM)/creatinine (Cr) ratio measured at the time of emergency department visit appears predictive of the development of severe outcomes in children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), with stronger discriminatory performance in radiographic disease, suggests a recent study.