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Cardiac events common among individuals hospitalized for RSV infection

05 Jun 2025 by

One in 10 individuals hospitalized for a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has a concurrent acute cardiovascular event, and this number is higher than that observed among individuals hospitalized for a COVID-19 infection, according to a study from Singapore.

05 Jun 2025

Older adults lack awareness of telehealth during pandemic

05 Jun 2025 by

Older Southeast Asian adults showed a relatively poor understanding of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of them held erroneous views regarding their use, according to a Singapore study.

05 Jun 2025

More evidence reinforces COVID-19 vaccination safety for expectant mothers

03 Jun 2025 by

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy poses no increased risk of miscarriage, as shown in a case–control study.

03 Jun 2025

Is DTC necessary after paediatric cardiovascular surgery?

01 Jun 2025

Positive drain tip cultures (DTC) do not have a significant association with the occurrence of surgical site infection (SSI) following paediatric cardiovascular surgery, according to a study.

01 Jun 2025

Internal tremors, vibrations pester people with long COVID

31 May 2025 by

Individuals with long COVID may experience internal tremors and vibrations, which can signal a worse health status compared with others without these symptoms, a study has shown.

31 May 2025

β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination noninferior to piperacillin/tazobactam for pneumonia

28 May 2025

In the treatment of adults with hospital-associated (HABP) or ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP), the β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam appears to be as good as piperacillin/tazobactam, with similar safety profiles, according to a phase III trial.

28 May 2025

Antiviral therapy lowers HCC risk in indeterminate CHB phase

27 May 2025 by

Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in the indeterminate phase are predisposed to advanced liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as shown by a systematic review and meta-analysis.

27 May 2025

FMT bodes well for AMR

27 May 2025 by

The PROFIT trial turns waste into gains by showing how faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in patients with liver cirrhosis.

27 May 2025

TrUST study heralds new era for TB diagnosis

21 May 2025 by

A suite of deep learning (DL) models to automate tuberculosis (TB) risk assessment from lung ultrasound (LUS) images fulfils the WHO criteria for a sputum-free TB triage test and outwits human experts in the TrUST study.

21 May 2025

Dual therapy as good as three-drug HIV regimen in patients coinfected with TB

19 May 2025 by

In the treatment of HIV in individuals who are receiving rifampin-based therapy for tuberculosis, a two-drug antiretroviral (ART) regimen comprising double-dose dolutegravir plus lamivudine compares favourably with a three-drug regimen of efavirenz, tenofovir, and lamivudine in terms of suppressing viral load, as shown in a study.

19 May 2025