Long-acting cabotegravir significantly decreases incidence of HIV compared to daily oral tenofovir
1. Cabotegravir was shown to be superior to TDF-FTC in preventing HIV infection in women. 2. Both...
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Fourth BNT162b2 vaccine dose provides short-term effectiveness against Covid-19 related outcomes
1. Patients receiving the fourth dose of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) showed reduced rates of...
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Dapagliflozin efficacious and safe in treating heart failure
1. Dapagliflozin reduced the risk of worsening heart failure or cardiovascular death regardless of...
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Adding mask recommendation did not significantly reduce the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate
1. Adding a mask recommendation to other public measures did not reduce the SARS-Cov-2 infection...
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BNT162b2 safe and efficacious in children 5 to 11 years of age
1. A two-dose regimen of BNT162b2 at 10μg elicits a sufficient immune response in children 5 – 11...
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Single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine provides moderate protection against Covid-19 related outcomes
1. One dose of Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson) provided some protection against moderate to...
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Vaccination boosted immunity acquired from previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
1. Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine were linked to high immediate protection...
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Inactivated, adjuvant enterovirus 71 vaccine is safe and effective against fatal enterovirus infections in children aged 2-71 months
1. EV71vac showed a vaccine efficacy of 96.8% against EV71-associated diseases. 2. Majority of...
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Ambient air pollution associated with increased risk of Kawasaki disease in children
1. Short-term increases in concentrations of air pollutants, sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate...
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BNT162b2 vaccination after SARS-CoV-2 infection decreases risk of recurrent infection
1. In a retrospective cohort study of individuals who recovered from SARS-CoV-2, BNT162b2...
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Protection against SARS-CoV-2 highest after infection-acquired immunity boosted with vaccination in health care workers
1. SARS-CoV-2 infection-acquired immunity waned after 1 year, but immune protection remained high...
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More severe symptoms and hospitalizations seen during period of COVID-19 delta variant dominance compared to omicron
1. Loss of sense of smell was more common during a period of delta dominance, while sore throat...
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Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder highly prevalent among family members of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with COVID-19
1. Compared to prepandemic populations, family members of patients admitted to the intensive care...
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Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) Versus Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Early Stage Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC).
To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) versus...
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COVID-19 pandemic associated with worsening psychological distress across United Kingdom cohort studies
1. This population-based cohort study using eleven United Kingdom studies demonstrated that...
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COVID-19 pandemic associated with reductions in delivery of cancer care services in Ontario, Canada
1. This population-based cohort study demonstrated that there was a 20.7% reduction in cancer care...
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Persistent and robust T-cell reactivity to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant among immunized adults
1. Among adults vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, there was a persistent and robust T-cell response...
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#VisualAbstract: Fewer hospital admissions and death were seen with SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) compared to Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant infections
1. The risk of hospitalization and death was lower among cases infected with Omicron variant...
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Marginalized identities, mistreatment, discrimination, and burnout among US medical students
1. Among a group of US medical students, those with multiple marginalized identities (based on...
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Widespread population immunity of Covid-19 observed in South Africa before Omicron wave
1. Widespread underlying SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity was observed in Gauteng province, South Africa,...
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