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Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) appear to be beneficial to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, with a recent study suggesting that the use of such drugs may slow down progression of emphysema and lung function decline.

Acid suppression (AS) medications, such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine type-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), weaken the efficacy of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), resulting in worse survival outcomes, according to a recent Singapore meta-analysis.

Prompt empiric antiviral treatment in children hospitalized for influenza and with high-risk medical conditions or in children admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) leads to early discharge, as shown in a study.

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. 

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.

Individuals who had been exposed to upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and antibiotics as a child are at heightened risks of atopic dermatitis and allergic skin diseases in their young adulthood, as reported in a study.

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.