Background: The unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 necessitated the use of emergency response measures to mitigate the spread of the virus. The state …
Importance: Cardiometabolic comorbidities have been associated with a higher risk of COVID-19 severity and mortality and are prevalent among COVID-19 patients. Objective: Synthesize evidence regarding …
Background: The National Center for Health Statistics implemented the ICD-10 code U09.9 for “Long COVID'' or “post COVID-19 condition” on October 1st, 2021. Overall utilization, …
Background & Aims - Through pregnancy, women are strongly encouraged to breastfeed. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that breastfeeding begins within the first hour …
Background: The emergency authorization of Sars Cov-2 (COVID-19) vaccines in December 2020 required clinicians, public health leaders, and policymakers to rapidly understand the science of …
Despite data showing adults vaccinated with the bivalent booster have a two-fold lower risk of death compared to those who solely completed the primary series, …
Background: Racial and ethnic minorities suffer a greater burden of COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. Various COVID-related risk factors, of which minorities face disproportionately, are associated …
Introduction: Speculating on the first 3 months of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, there are a few phenomena that surfaced regarding behavior around alcohol, as well …
Objectives: Emergency medicine (EM) physicians have played a pivotal role in treating patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by managing and treating conditions both in-person and …
There have been over 100 million cases and one million deaths from COVID-19 in the US alone, demonstrating its burden on health systems. Case investigation, …
Introduction: People experiencing homelessness have higher rates of physical and mental illness; these preexisting concerns have been compounded by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Background In the spring of the 2019-2020 school year Rhode Island public schools moved to distance learning after serious risk of SARs-CoV-2 infection at school. …
As SARS-CoV-2 first began to infect humans in late 2019, the United States and Mexico were facing a migration crisis. Despite policies which nominally allowed …
Background: Eviction is an underlying source of poverty reproduction, housing inequality, and homelessness in Rhode Island that disproportionately impacts communities of color and other marginalized …
Background and Aims. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many adolescents have experienced school closures, social isolation, family economic hardship, family loss or illness, and reduced healthcare …
Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Using Machine Learning, by David Carbonello, ScM., Brown University, May 2021 Many studies provide evidence that …
Objective: Our objective was to assess the association between clinical symptoms and SARS-CoV-2-positivity in children within Rhode Island. Methods: This was a retrospective case-control study …
Background: Remote and hybrid instruction were widely adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior work suggested parental mental health worsened in 2020 when children were learning …
Background and Aims: Breast cancer, the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the breast, is the second leading cause of cancer death among women in …