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In a real-world analysis evaluating four oral antiviral agents for the treatment of COVID-19, two ritonavir-based regimens fared better than molnupiravir and azvudine in reducing hospital stay among patients hospitalized for mild or moderate disease.

In the treatment of patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB), two bedaquiline-containing regimens, namely a 9-month all-oral regimen and a shorter 6-month regimen with 8 weeks of aminoglycoside, maintains superior efficacy to a 9-month injectable regimen through 132 weeks, according to long-term data from the STREAM 2 trial.

Neurologic and psychiatric complications associated with influenza occurs rarely in the paediatric population, but such incidence can be severe and may even lead to hospitalization, suggests a study.

A mild developmental delay may occur following an infection of viral meningitis in preschool children, according to a study, noting that targeted follow-up must be considered.

A novel prognostic model based on the viral loads of hepatitis B virus (HBV) demonstrates its utility in predicting and stratifying the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in noncirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who are not yet receiving antiviral therapy.

Infants born to mothers who contracted influenza infection during pregnancy are at heightened risk of seizures, particularly febrile seizures, during childhood, according to a large study.

A prospective cohort study has shown that in patients aged <18 years hospitalized for acute SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), neurologic manifestations during the infection are common and may predispose them more to new neurocognitive or functional morbidity at discharge.