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For mothers with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who are positive for both hepatitis B surface and envelope antigens, administering a combination of hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin (HBIG) in their infants plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in the mothers themselves appears to be the best approach for preventing vertical disease transmission, according to a study.

In children with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), overweight and obese status are not associated with worse disease activity at 1 year after diagnosis compared with normal weight, results of a study have shown.

Treatment with dolutegravir during pregnancy does not appear to pose an excess risk of adverse birth outcomes, according to two studies presented at the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada.

First-line treatment with tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) blockers is both safe and effective in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a recent study. Early drug initiation even cuts the likelihood of treatment failure and leads to fewer extraintestinal symptoms.

Infants born to mothers who popped vitamin D during pregnancy are less likely to develop atopic eczema compared with their counterparts whose mothers received placebo, as shown in the UK Maternal Vitamin D Osteoporosis Study (MAVIDOS).

In adolescents and young adults who screen positive for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals strong reductions in white matter, a new study has found.