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Older adults who receive a high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine have a 49 percent reduced risk of death and a 64 percent reduced risk of hospitalization for influenza or pneumonia compared with those who receive a standard-dose vaccine, results of the DANFLU-1 study showed.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may benefit from an exercise regimen consisting of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and resistance training (RT), which could lead to better functional and general wellbeing, as well as a lower burden of lymphoma-specific symptoms, reports a recent study.

Delayed intake of a progestogen-only pill (POP) or missing one pill does not necessarily reduce its theoretical contraceptive protection, with little effect on cervical mucus and ovulation, as shown in a study.

An intensive weight-loss intervention has failed to substantially improve the treatment outcomes among obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), reports a recent study.

Researchers have recently reproduced two neuroanatomical signatures of schizophrenia, as well as shown their prevalence in youths and adults from the general population, reports a study.

In the phase III SPRINTER trial, inhaled interferon-beta-1a (IFN-β1a) showed encouraging signals for preventing disease progression or death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

The oral antiviral nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, but not molnupiravir, reduces the risk of hospitalization among community COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong, a real-world territory-wide retrospective cohort study has shown.