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Injection of the bi-specific broadly neutralizing antibody (bi-bNAb), BilA-SG, is effective as pre-exposure prophylaxis and postexposure treatment against HIV-1, according to results of an immunology study by researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). 

A community-based study from the UK showed that the rate of systemic side effects is relatively low following vaccination with the BNT162b2 or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 COVID-19 vaccines.

Diagnostic platforms that omit the conventional nucleic acid extraction step in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab samples help reduce the turnaround time and the overall testing costs, as reported in a study.

Lung ultrasound proves to be a useful tool for screening community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department (ED), with a recent study showing that its use brings down diagnostic uncertainty from 73 percent to 14 percent.