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Povidone iodine compares favourably with chlorhexidine gluconate in terms of reducing the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) after cardiac or abdominal surgical procedures, according to a study.

Postoperative infections tend to occur more often in patients with a positive urine culture, including preoperative polymicrobial urine culture, prior to urological surgery, reports a study. In addition, those with infectious complications are prone to experiencing other complications.

Emodepside appears to be efficacious in the treatment of hookworm infections, with cure rates that surpass those achieved with albendazole but at the expense of increased adverse events (AEs), as shown in a phase IIb study.

Among pregnant women, exposure to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in the first trimester does not appear to contribute to an increased risk of selected major structural birth defects, according to a retrospective study.

Immunization with the non-live recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) or live-attenuated zoster vaccine (ZVL) is associated with reductions in the risk of dementia relative to the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23), according to a large observational study in adults aged ≥50 years.

The use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) during pregnancy appears to be safe and well tolerated in cisgender women, according to the initial data of HPTN* 084 open-label extension (OLE) study presented at AIDS 2024.