Medical Students Journal Articles

• The Link Between Myocarditis and Intestinal Microbiota An award-winning clinician discusses his investigative work in cardio-immunology and his team's discovery of the link between microbiota in the gut and cardiac inflammation.
  European Heart Journal, February 18, 2022
• Health-Related Risk Factors, Obesity Among Native Americans This study highlights the importance of public health efforts to address and improve behavioral risk factors related to chronic disease in American Indian and Alaskan Native populations.
  Preventing Chronic Disease, February 17, 2022
• Disparities in Awareness of PreP Among Heterosexual Adults Heterosexual sex accounts for 23% of new HIV diagnoses, but this report shows that PrEP awareness among at-risk heterosexual adults is low, particularly among certain groups.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, February 14, 2022
• Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in Homeless Shelter Understanding the dynamics of COVID-19 transmission in homeless shelters could have important implications for future prevention interventions.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 04, 2022
• COVID-19 Intervention Impacts on Pediatric Hospitalizations The implementation COVID-19 infection control measures helped reduce hospitalization rates for other respiratory viruses among children.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 02, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccination and Non-COVID-19 Mortality Risk According to this study, COVID-19 vaccine recipients do not have an increased risk for non-COVID-19 mortality, reinforcing the safety profile of currently approved COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 19, 2022
• Barriers in the Advancement of Women Leaders in EM These findings further highlight the need for targeted strategies to promote gender equality within emergency medicine leadership positions.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, January 19, 2022
• COVID-19 Severity Before and During Delta Predominance Does the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant cause more severe disease in adults than other variants?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 17, 2022
• Predictors of Mortality Among LTC Residents With SARS-CoV-2 What factors are significant contributors to mortality among SARS-CoV-2 infected residents in long-term care homes?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 13, 2022
• Periprosthetic Distal Femur Fracture Management Differences A survey of trauma and arthroplasty surgeons finds notable differences in treatment recommendations for periprosthetic distal femur fractures.
  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, January 10, 2022
• Conflict at Patient Handover Between EM and IM Physicians What factors may contribute to conflict between emergency and internal medicine physicians during patient handoffs -- and how can these issues be resolved?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, January 05, 2022
• Real-Time Projections of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Variant Estimates of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 could provide important clues to the emergence and transmission of this variant in communities.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 30, 2021
• ED Visits by Patients With Substance Use Disorder Learn more about the ED utilization of patients with substance use disorders and the clinical characteristics of these patients.
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, December 29, 2021
• Comparing PA and NP Practice in U.S. EDs, 2010-2017 A new study compares the practice characteristics of PA and NP visits in the ED. In what ways do they differ, and how are they similar?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, December 22, 2021
• Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA Learn how a case of reported Heartland virus in a resident of this region provided evidence of local transmission.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 21, 2021
• Pediatric COVID-19 Cases With/Without School Mask Requirements The results of this analysis confirms the efficacy of school mask requirements, in combination with other prevention strategies, to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in schools.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 20, 2021
• School Mask Policies and School-Associated COVID-19 Outbreaks In this analysis, the odds of a school-associated COVID-19 outbreak in schools with no mask requirement were more than three times higher than those in schools with an early mask requirement.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 17, 2021
• Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater at Residential College Wastewater surveillance can rapidly detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the community and help prevent potential outbreaks.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 16, 2021
• Mobile App Usage Among Dermatology Residents in America This survey highlights the increasing role of mobile apps in dermatology residency. How does usage vary among different demographic groups and year of residency?
  Cutis, December 02, 2021
• COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Children and Adolescents Coinciding with increased circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, COVID-19-associated hospitalization among children and adolescents rose nearly five-fold during late June-mid-August 2021.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, November 26, 2021