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Patients with persistent depressive or cognitive symptoms after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection have elevated gliosis – a secondary event to brain injury – and inflammation as shown in a case-control study.

Professor Dr James Koh, head of the Division of Medicine, School of Medicine, International Medical University, gives a refresher on tuberculosis (TB) and reminds HCPs to always be on the lookout for the disease.

A territory-wide, retrospective cohort study in Hong Kong has shown that molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir are effective in reducing the risks of hospitalization and inpatient disease progression among older patients residing in nursing homes.

Critically ill patients with sepsis or septic shock who use ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) do not seem to experience improvement in shock severity and resolution, reveals a recent study. However, they have a higher chance of being extubated and not needing mechanical ventilation (MV) on the third day of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU).

A case-control surveillance study has found no link between monovalent COVID-19 boosters and miscarriage before 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Interim results from the ongoing Study 306, a phase III open-label trial, show improved immunogenicity and safety of the bivalent Omicron-containing mRNA-1273.214 vaccine in children 6 months to 5 years of age, both as a primary series and a booster.