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Among critically ill patients with COVID-19, those who present with lower baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and reduced urine output at the time of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) initiation are more likely to experience kidney nonrecovery, according to a study.

In a cohort of veterans with COVID-19, former smokers are at higher risk of 30-day mortality compared with current smokers and nonsmokers, as reported in a study.

Adding interferon beta-1a to remdesivir did not hasten time to recovery among adults hospitalized with COVID-19, according to results of the phase III ACTT*-3 trial.

Diabetes does not appear to predispose SARS-CoV-2–infected patients to long-term post-COVID-19 symptoms, a study reports.

A large prospective, observational study has suggested that while individuals with a history of high-risk allergy may have an increased risk of allergic reactions following receipt of a messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine, they are still able to receive both vaccine doses.

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.