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Children who survived central nervous system (CNS) infections experience many endocrinologic imbalances, according to a study. Of these infections, meningitis poses the highest risk of subsequent endocrinopathies, particularly short stature.

In the absence of infant hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg), maternal tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) prophylaxis combined with infant hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunization provide sufficient protection against HBV infection in infants, findings from the iTAP-2 study suggest. However, the risk of infection was not demonstrably below 2 percent.

A secondary analysis of CORES II* has shown that nearly a fifth of Japanese men hospitalized for COVID-19 developed symptoms of erectile dysfunction (ED) up to 2 years following the infection.

Relying on targeted screening models for syphilis in emergency departments (EDs) leaves a substantial number of active cases undetected, new research shows.