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Receipt of a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infections* compared to full vaccination only, particularly among individuals without immunosuppressed/compromised conditions (ISC), according to a US study presented at CROI 2022.

Keeping a diet high in sweets and fast food seems to worsen the risk of asthma, reports a recent Qatar study.

The prostaglandin D2 receptor 2 (DP2) antagonist GB001 does not appear to significantly lower the risk of disease worsening in patients with moderate-to-severe eosinophilic asthma, according to data from a phase IIb trial.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of >8,000 adult and elderly patients with COVID-19 showed a positive association between vitamin D deficiency (ie, 25(OH)D <50 nmol/L) and severe COVID-19.

Children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) may benefit from a 5-day antibiotic regimen compared with the current standard regimen of 10 days, according to results of the US-based SCOUT-CAP trial.

The use of delamanid-containing regimens is safe and effective in the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), with high culture conversion and treatment success rates despite extensive resistance patterns, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

The risk of developing long COVID is high among women, hypertensives, and those with a higher number of initial symptoms, and these associations are independent of disease severity and clinical course, a study has found.

Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 could have an increased risk of certain conditions up to 120 days post-diagnosis, a finding which could help establish the definition of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC), according to a study presented at CROI 2022.