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With the latest surge of COVID-19 cases sweeping across the world, countries have been stepping up on their booster vaccination programme to curb the spread of COVID-19.

In the US, adolescents often turn to substance use to cope with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a recent study has found. Important predictors of such behaviour include pandemic-related isolation and economic hardship.

Among the many damages that COVID-19 pandemic has brought about, researchers found that increase in blood pressure levels (BP) was one of them, at least among US adults — which could have far reaching health consequences in the long term.

Noncritically ill patients treated with a short course of vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam (VPT) are less likely to experience acute kidney injury (AKI) than those who received an extended course, reports a study.

New drug applications approved by US FDA as of 01-15 December 2021 which includes New Molecular Entities (NMEs) and new biologics. It does not include Tentative Approvals. Supplemental approvals may have occurred since the original approval date.