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Boosting with an mRNA vaccine yields significant protection against severe COVID-19 and may keep people out of the hospital for up to 6 months, as shown in a Singapore study.

Compared with nurses, dentists can administer the COVID-19 vaccines with similar safety outcomes, resulting in comparable rates of complications, a recent study has found.

Early treatment with single- or double-dose ivermectin is no better than placebo in avoiding progression to hospitalization and in improving symptoms in mild COVID-19, results of a study have shown.

During the surge of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, antiviral therapy with nirmatrelvir significantly reduced the rate of COVID-19-related hospitalization or death among patients aged ≥65 years, according to a recent study.

Reusable 3D-printed respirators offer a cost-effective alternative to N95 masks in providing protection against respiratory pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, suggests a recent study. In addition, fit testing results show that some 3D-printed mask designs appear to exceed the fit of N95 masks.

Patients who have been treated for tuberculosis appear to have an elevated risk of ischaemic stroke compared with their counterparts who have never had the infection, according to a study.

In Japan, the declaration of a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to negative metabolic consequences in people with glucose intolerance, such as lowered skeletal muscle and increased body weight and body fat, a recent study has found.

All intravenous (IV) and subcutaneous (SC) doses of the monoclonal antibody combination of casirivimab plus imdevimab effectively reduces viral load in COVID-19 patients with asymptomatic or low-risk symptomatic infection, according to the results of a phase II study.