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Visually impaired persons (VIPs) comprise a significant portion of the population, and they are present around the globe and in every part of the world. In recent times, technology proved its presence…
Lamivudine, also widely known as 3TC belongs to a family of nucleotide/nucleoside analogues of cytidine or cytosine that inhibits the Reverse Transcriptase (RT) of retroviruses such as HIV. Lamivudine…
Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the Betacoronavirus, caused a pandemic that affected the globe negatively. The gold method, RT-PCR, can detect SARS-CoV-2 but it is time-consuming and needs sophisticated eq…
In the recent COVID-19 pandemic, mathematical modeling constitutes an important tool to evaluate the prospective effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and to guide policy-making. Mo…
A tracheal diverticulum is a type of paratracheal air cyst and is usually an incidental finding after a computed tomography scan of the neck and thorax. With an incidence between 1% and 4% in adults, …
Literature indicates an atypical presentation of COVID-19 among older adults (OAs). Our purpose is to identify the frequency of atypical presentation and compare demographic and clinical factors, and …
Currently, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread worldwide and become a global health concern. Here, we report a familial cluster of six patients infected with severe acute respiratory corona…
Lord Sumption, a former Justice of the Supreme Court, has been a prominent critic of coronavirus restrictions regulations in the UK. Since the start of the pandemic, he has consistently questioned bot…
Severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infects epithelial cells of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract and causes related symptoms. HIV infection impairs gut homeostasis and i…
The medical demand imposed by COVID-19 has distracted proper care of other illnesses. Herein, we report the impact on new diagnoses of HTLV-1, HTLV-2, and HIV-2 in Spain, where these infections are mo…
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID--19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, is characterized by symptoms such as fever, sore throat, cough, fatigue, myalgias, headache, diarrhea, …
The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has placed a significant strain on hepatitis programs and interventions (screening, diagnosis, and treatment) at a critical moment in the context of hepa…
Over the century, the world has witnessed a number of pandemics-such as plague, Spanish flu, smallpox, and tuberculosis. Such pandemics have not only resulted in a great loss to human lives but have a…
A 67-year-old man with history of heart failure developed dyspnea. In this report, we describe an increase in his device-detected respiratory rate. Monitoring respiratory rate is recommended for evalu…
An 86-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, vertebral fractures with chronic lumbar pain, hip fracture, osteoporosis, deafness, and microcytic anemia underwent hospital admissio…
Emergency department (ED) visits have declined while excess mortality, not attributable to COVID-19, has grown. It is not known whether older adults are accessing emergency care differently from their…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) includes increases in office reimbursement but decreases in the valuation of total hip arthroplasty and total knee arth…
We report an interesting case of a middle-aged gentleman who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and tested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive for COVID-19 infection. His hospital stay wa…
On December 2019, an outbreak of atypical pneumonia, known as COVID-19, was identified in Wuhan, China. This disease, characterized by the rapid human-to-human transmission of the severe acute respira…
There are some reports and case series addressing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections during pregnancy in upper income countries, but there are few data on pregnant women with comorbid cond…
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