Based on guidelines issued by the World Health Organizations in 2018, the American College of Physicians has issued best practice advice that simplifies and improves treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus.
Study authors assessed the relationship between children living in contact with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients on DOTS and children getting infected with tuberculosis or tubercular infection.
Study authors conducted a multinational meta-analysis in SARS-CoV-2 patients to assess the risk of stroke relative to the general population and to identify risk factors of stroke.
Vaccines are a key public health strategy that is remarkably safe due to continued postmarketing surveillance programs.
Study results may provide guidance for healthcare policy and pandemic management at a selective, local level.
Simulation experiments demonstrated that a vaccine efficacy of 80% is required to extinguish the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic without any other additional measures.
A team of investigators assessed clinical outcomes among patients with COVID-19 receiving ibuprofen for fever reduction.
A team of investigators conducted a randomized trial comparing test-guided management of tuberculosis with systematic empirical treatment for adults with HIV infection.
A team of investigators report on the findings from a randomized controlled trial of 3 enhanced influenza vaccines and a standard-dose vaccine in older adults.
French investigators report on the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown and school closures on pediatric emergency department visits and hospital admissions.
