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Essential workers, particularly at a Singapore hospital, have endured such a heavy burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing themselves to risks of infections while putting up with increased workloads and workplace stress, longer hours in uncomfortable working conditions, as well as public stigmatization, results of a recent study show.

A retrospective study combining ex vivo and in vitro assays showed an independent association between COVID-19 and the onset of hyperglycaemia.

A peer-led demedicalized delivery of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in various community centres is feasible, suggests a Philippines study presented at the recent IAS 2023.

Having met gender-affirming care needs among transgender people is associated with accessing HIV-related services in a community-led clinic, as shown in a Philippines study presented at IAS 2023.

In a prespecified analysis of the DELIVER* study, the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin reduced the rate of total** heart failure (HF) events or cardiovascular (CV) deaths in HF patients with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (HFmrEF or HFpEF).

In the treatment of ERBB2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC), the use of pertuzumab plus trastuzumab alone in the first-line setting and delaying chemotherapy may be a reasonable option for some patients, with the treatment strategy not compromising overall survival (OS) despite a much shorter progression-free survival (PFS), as shown in a study.