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CU Medicine studies show oral antiviral drug Paxlovid reduces post-COVID death risk by 42% in immunocompromised patients and its synergy with vaccination
Two recent studies conducted by researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) have...
Dec 30, 2024

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[Press Release] An international study co-led by CUHK offers new insights into the skewed sex ratio observed in diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) cases are predominantly male, with a male-to-female ratio of about 4 to 1. However, medical academia has...
May 10, 2024


Research: A rising trend in primary brain cancer incidence in younger males in high-income countries
Primary brain cancer, though not a common malignancy, has a very poor survival rate compared to other types of cancer. The Chinese...
Jan 16, 2023

Research: COVID-19 prescribed oral medication lower the risk of death and hospital admission
Two types of oral antiviral drugs have been prescribed to COVID-19 patients since the fifth wave of the pandemic in Hong Kong. The Jockey...
Oct 6, 2022


Research: Rising incidence of multiple myeloma, particularly in older males from high-income nations
Multiple myeloma, lymphoma and leukaemia are the three major types of haematological malignancies. In Hong Kong, multiple myeloma is the...
Aug 6, 2022

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[Research] Real-time bioinformatics platform to predict COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness
Timely evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) is desperately needed to inform and update vaccine design as novel genetic...
Jul 15, 2022

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[Long COVID] Prediction, diagnosis and treatment with distinct gut microbial signatures
CU Medicine have identified for the first time distinct gut microbiome profiles associated with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, more...
Apr 11, 2022


A joint HKU-CUHK study finds that smoking increases the risk of COVID-19
Researchers from the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in collaboration with The...
Mar 2, 2022