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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients initiating treatment with a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) plus a long-acting β2-agonist (LABA) tend to have higher disease severity than those who are started on LAMA, according to real-world data from Singapore. However, there are as many patients who experience clinical worsening in the LAMA group as there are in the LAMA+LABA group.

There are currently 40 approved vaccines against COVID-19, of which 11 have been granted Emergency Use Authorization by the World Health Organization. [covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/approved] With over 300 other candidates in the development pipeline – over 100 of which are in clinical testing [vac-lshtm.shinyapps.io/ncov_vaccine_landscape] – are new vaccines necessary?

Isolated bronchiectasis (BR) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is not caused by interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with seropositivity, older age at RA diagnosis, and lower body mass index (BMI) at RA onset, a recent study has found.

Adults with good cardiorespiratory fitness, estimated by a nonexercise algorithm, have a lower risk of developing hypertension, suggests a study.

In the treatment of COVID-19 inpatients, intravenous administration of dexamethasone leads to a shorter hospital stay compared with methylprednisolone, according to a study.

High ambient levels of the air pollutants PM2.5, PM10, and sulphur dioxide (SO2) appear to increase the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), reports a recent meta-analysis.

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is common among hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), afflicting over 60 percent of this patient population, a recent China study has found.

A study conducted in England has shown that in patients with haematological malignancy, the risk of COVID-19–related mortality is greatly influenced by age.

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is similar between resistant and refractory hypertensive patients, a study has shown. However, those with refractory hypertension are usually younger and have a better sleep pattern.