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Results from the PHOSP-R* trial show that exercise-based rehabilitation (EBR) improves short-term exercise capacity in individuals with post-COVID syndrome (long COVID) following an acute hospitalization.

Disease burden has significantly increased because of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly mental health disorders, malaria in young children in the African region, and stroke and ischaemic heart disease in older adults, reports a study.

A non–risk-based screening approach for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the emergency department (ED), where all eligible patients were offered rapid testing, improves the identification of new infections when compared with a targeted approach of narrowly focusing on at-risk groups, according to the DETECT Hep C trial.

A systematic review and network meta-analysis of existing drug treatments for mild to moderate COVID-19 reveals that nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and remdesivir can possibly reduce hospital admissions, while corticosteroids and molnupiravir show potential in lowering hospitalizations.