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Patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be at a higher risk of chronic otitis media, reports a recent study.

Receipt of a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infections* compared to full vaccination only, particularly among individuals without immunosuppressed/compromised conditions (ISC), according to a US study presented at CROI 2022.

Keeping a diet high in sweets and fast food seems to worsen the risk of asthma, reports a recent Qatar study.

The prostaglandin D2 receptor 2 (DP2) antagonist GB001 does not appear to significantly lower the risk of disease worsening in patients with moderate-to-severe eosinophilic asthma, according to data from a phase IIb trial.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of >8,000 adult and elderly patients with COVID-19 showed a positive association between vitamin D deficiency (ie, 25(OH)D <50 nmol/L) and severe COVID-19.

Children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) may benefit from a 5-day antibiotic regimen compared with the current standard regimen of 10 days, according to results of the US-based SCOUT-CAP trial.