Statin Intake and All-Cause Mortality among Older Nursing Home Residents.

Background: Statins are progressively accepted as being associated with reduced mortality. However, few real-world statin studies have been conducted on statin use in older people and especially the most frail, that is, the nursing home residents.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of statin intake in nursing home residents on all-cause mortality.

The Effects of ARBs, ACEis, and Statins on Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents.

Objectives: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi), angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors ("statins") have been hypothesized to affect COVID-19 severity. However, up to now, no studies investigating this association have been conducted in the most vulnerable and affected population groups (ie, older adults residing in nursing homes). The objective of this study was to explore the association of ACEi/ARB and/or statins with clinical manifestations in COVID-19-infected older adults residing in nursing homes.

Canine Lyme disease in Belgium.

Lyme borreliosis is a multisystem disease caused by the tick-borne spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi. In addition to causing human illness, borreliosis has been recorded in many species of mammals, including domestic animals which come into contact with the infected tick vector. This paper describes the first two cases to the authors' knowledge of Lyme borreliosis in dogs in Belgium.