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COVID-19 in childhood cancer patients: What are the risk factors?
A large international database study has shown that children and adolescents with cancer have an elevated risk of severe or critical disease if infected with COVID-19. Furthermore, about half the patients receiving cancer therapy experienced modifications to their treatment regimens.
COVID-19 in childhood cancer patients: What are the risk factors?
04 Oct 2021
Singapore lags in latent tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive individuals
Latent tuberculosis (TB) infection screening in Singapore, a nation with intermediate TB burden, appears to be below average among individuals who are HIV-positive, a study has revealed.
Singapore lags in latent tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive individuals
04 Oct 2021
Acute abdomen, appendicitis may occur in children with COVID-19, MIS-C
Paediatric patients with COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) may develop acute abdomen, with or without appendicitis, a study in Latin America has found.
Acute abdomen, appendicitis may occur in children with COVID-19, MIS-C
04 Oct 2021
COVID-19 vacc side effects: Fewer than expected?
A community-based study from the UK showed that the rate of systemic side effects is relatively low following vaccination with the BNT162b2 or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vacc side effects: Fewer than expected?
01 Oct 2021
Extraction-free diagnostic platforms a faster, cheaper way to detect SARS-CoV-2
Diagnostic platforms that omit the conventional nucleic acid extraction step in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab samples help reduce the turnaround time and the overall testing costs, as reported in a study.