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According to a retrospective, territory-wide, case-based study, the mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine and inactivated CZ02 vaccine were partially effective against SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents during the Omicron BA.2 wave in Hong Kong. 

The overall rate of antipsychotic drug prescriptions to patients with dementia increased markedly during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and did not return to prepandemic levels when the acute phase was over, a multinational network cohort study has shown.

Tumour response-speed heterogeneity to first-line chemotherapy is predictive of early disease progression and shorter survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, reveals a study.

In men with localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy and treated with 5α-reductase inhibitor (5-ARI), preoperative levels of circulating 11-oxygenated androgens can indicate either disease progression or improved survival, a recent study has found.

The addition of somatostatin to rectal indomethacin is safe and effective in the prevention of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (post-ERCP) hypermylasemia and pancreatitis (PEP) in high-risk patients, reports a study.

A study from Israel validated the safety of the fourth BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (ie, second booster) using data from a retrospective and a prospective cohort.