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Early treatment with a triple antiviral combination of lopinavir-ritonavir, ribavirin, and interferon beta-1b significantly shortens the duration of virus shedding and reduces symptoms in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 compared with lopinavir-ritonavir only, according to a recent study.
A small retrospective study from China has suggested that COVID-19 progression may be more severe among individuals with diabetes.
MicroRNA-4508 shows promise as a diagnostic marker for silica-related pulmonary fibrosis (SPF), while its functional variant rs6576457 has been shown to influence susceptibility to SPF, according to a study.
The epidemiological traits and clinical features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vary between children and adults, according to a recent study.
Individuals who develop cancer may have an elevated risk of certain infections in the years leading up to their diagnosis, a retrospective case-control study from Japan showed.
Routine use of lung ultrasound (LUS) is recommended in the diagnostic algorithm of respiratory diseases in a real-life setting, according to a multicentre prospective study.
Children with high serum insulin levels and whose parents are under stress are more likely to have asthma symptoms, suggest two studies presented at the AAAAI 2020 Meeting.
Webcast: Covid-19: What it means to your clinic. Practice pearls for the Asian primary care physician.
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 876 new cases of COVID-19 infection on May 10. Two casualties have been recorded on May 6, bringing the total COVID-19 deaths in the city-state to 20. Older age seems a common factor among them.
After months of work disruption, profound worrying, social distancing, and isolation, SARS-CoV-2* still rages on, unyielding to human interventions.