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Exposure to any infection during early pregnancy or to a gastrointestinal infection during late pregnancy contributes to the increased likelihood of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) development, especially Crohn’s disease, in the offspring, according to a study.

In regions where there is high antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori), the best options in treatment-naïve patients include the 3-in-1 single capsule, bismuth quadruple therapy, and concomitant regimen with tinidazole, suggests a study. In non-naïve patients, the 3-in-1 single capsule and the triple therapy with levofloxacin offers adequate eradication.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the disease remains a threat as it is predicted to become a significant danger to public health in the next 2 years, particularly in the US, according to a study. Wide-ranging vaccination, however, can counter this potential problem.

The risk of critical COVID-19 is highest among infants and adolescents, children with multiple comorbidities, those with a history of prematurity, diabetes, obesity, severe immunocompromise, and those with cardiovascular, neurologic, or chronic lung diseases, reveals a study presented at PAS 2024.

Prophylactic interferon-alpha (IFN-α) administered intranasally slashed the incidence of COVID-19 by almost half in a cohort of cancer patients in the C-SMART study.