Emerging infectious diseases drive amphibian population declines worldwide. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ( Bd ) has caused severe losses, although impacts vary among species and environments. The Apennine yellow-bellied toad ( Bombina variegata pachypus ), endemic to Italy, has declined since the 1990s, yet Bd status in southern populations is poorly known. In 2024, we screened three populations within the...

Introduction Remdesivir exerts positive effects on clinical improvement, even though it seems not to affect mortality among COVID-19 patients; moreover, it was associated with the occurence of marked bradycardia. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 989 consecutive patients with non-severe COVID-19 (SpO 2 ≥ 94% on room air) admitted from October 2020 to July 2021 at five Italian hospitals. Propensity score matching allowed to...