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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.

Child abuse rates appear to have increased during the lockdowns imposed to control COVID-19 transmission, according to a study from the US presented at the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition (AAP 2021).

Cancer is frequently misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (TB) in children due to the clinical and radiologic overlap of the two diseases, which then contributes to increased mortality in this population, reveals a recent study.

The oral antiviral drug umifenovir, which is used to treat influenza, appears to be beneficial in COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms, with a phase III study showing that the drug is well tolerated and can induce viral clearance within 5 days.