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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.

Lung ultrasound proves to be a useful tool for screening community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department (ED), with a recent study showing that its use brings down diagnostic uncertainty from 73 percent to 14 percent.