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Older patients with COVID-19 may have an increased risk of being hospitalized for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS), particularly in the first 3 days following their COVID-19 diagnosis, according to a study presented at ISC 2022.

In high-risk nonhospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, intramuscular administration of the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab was noninferior to IV infusion of the drug, according to findings from the phase III COMET-TAIL trial presented at CROI 2022.

Results of the Global PERN–COVID-19 study have identified factors that increase the risk of severe outcomes* in children diagnosed with COVID-19.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has worsened mental health outcomes among adolescents who care for family members or friends, reports a recent UK study. Psychosocial risk factors before and during the pandemic may explain such burden.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who have completed a COVID-19 vaccine regimen have a low risk of developing COVID-19, though receipt of mRNA vaccines may offer better protection, according to a small study presented at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress 2022.

Patients requiring haemodialysis show higher infection rates of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as well as associated mortality rates, a new study has found.

Delays in endoscopies due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic does not seem to worsen clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), though healthcare utilization patterns appear to be affected, according to a study reported at the recently concluded 2022 Crohn’s & Colitis Congress (CCC 2022).