CONCLUSIONS: This study introduced the QTW contest to prisons and provided qualitative evidence on the multilevel factors promoting or impeding smoking cessation in prison. QTW helped PIC overcome the barriers of quitting by serving as a trigger for
Aging is a critical risk factor for unfavorable clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients and may impact vaccine efficacy. However, whether the senescence of T cells is associated with severe COVID-19 outcome in elderly individuals is unclear. Using
CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that pulse i.v. methylprednisolone significantly reduced mortality in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients with severe pneumonia requiring hospitalization, in addition to significantly
CONCLUSION: Our ecological study demonstrates significant decreases in the frequency of paediatric intussusception admissions during the COVID-19 lockdown periods. The unexpected magnitude of the reductions suggests that the true proportion of
This study investigated the potential of using SARS-CoV-2 viral concentrations in dust as an additional surveillance tool for early detection and monitoring of COVID-19 transmission. Dust samples were collected from 8 public locations in 16 districts
Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (NR) was approved to treat SARS-CoV-2 positive outpatients at high risk of progression to severe disease, based on a randomized trial in unvaccinated patients. Effectiveness in vaccinated patients and against Omicron has not
Vaccines utilizing modified messenger RNA (mRNA) technology have shown robust protective efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 in humans. As the virus continues to evolve in both human and non-human hosts, risk remains that the performance of the vaccines can