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Molnupiravir speeds up recovery, reduces viral load of vaccinated COVID-19 patients
In vaccinated adults with COVID-19 who are at higher risk of adverse outcomes, treatment with molnupiravir in addition to usual care falls short of reducing the rates of hospitalizations and deaths, as shown by the results of the PANORAMIC study.

Long COVID profoundly affects patients' QoL
In a functional assessment of post-COVID long-term sequelae, individuals suffering from long COVID (having at least one symptom of post-COVID-19 syndrome) had poorer quality of life (QoL) than those unaffected by the syndrome.

COVID-19 medicine use in pregnancy increases with disease severity
Use of medicines for COVID-19 during pregnancy is higher in patients with more severe disease, according to a study. In addition, a trend towards increased corticosteroids use has been observed and appears to be consistent with changing guidelines.

MV-140 vaccine proven safe, effective in recurrent UTI
Immunotherapy with MV-140 (Uromune) successfully prevents urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients suffering from recurrent UTIs, suggest the results of a prospective study presented at the 38th Annual EAU Congress (EAU 2023).




