Coronavirus Journal Articles

• Nurses' Perceptions of Obstacles to End-of-Life Care How do nurses feel about the obstacles to providing end-of-life care? A survey of nurses working in critical access hospitals provides insight.
  American Journal of Critical Care, December 05, 2023
• A Nurse-Driven Model for Academic-Practice Partnerships This article describes the development and implementation of two nurse-led innovations to help foster academic-practice partnerships.
  OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, November 26, 2023
• Leveraging the Million Veteran Program Infrastructure and Data for a Rapid Research Response to COVID-19 The Million Veteran Program was launched to better understand how genes, lifestyle, military experience, and environmental exposures interact to influence health and illness in veterans.
  Federal Practitioner, November 22, 2023
• VA Lessons From Partnering in COVID-19 Clinical Trials The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) supports an extensive and experienced clinical research enterprise, including the first multisite trials in the US.
  Federal Practitioner, November 22, 2023
• VA Research and COVID-19 The impressive collection of articles in this special issue provides a snapshot of the large-scale, all-hands approach the VHA adopted during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
  Federal Practitioner, November 22, 2023
• Shingles Prevention in Immunocompromised Dermatology Patients Many immunomodulatory medications used in dermatology can increase the risk of herpes zoster. Review the use of the recombinant zoster vaccine in patients receiving these drugs.
  Skin Therapy Letter, November 02, 2023
• Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13-17 Years National vaccination coverage rates for this age group have declined in recent years. How can we ensure these adolescents get up-to-date?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 31, 2023
• West Nile Virus and Other Arboviral Diseases -- U.S., 2021 A new report sheds light on the nationwide rates of West Nile virus and other arboviral infections in 2021.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 29, 2023
• Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Young Children This report presents postauthorization vaccine effectiveness data for monovalent and bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in young children.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 24, 2023
• Long COVID and Activity Limitation Among Adults, by Age More than one in four adults with long COVID reported significant activity limitations, with many unable to return to work after one year, according to this CDC report.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 22, 2023
• Prevalence of Symptoms <12 Months After COVID-19 This report found 16% of adults with COVID symptoms reported persistent symptoms 12 months after a positive or negative SARS-CoV-2 test result, some with emerging symptoms not reported previously.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 19, 2023
• Safety Monitoring of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine in Those >12 Years This CDC report confirms the safety of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents and adults 12 years of age and older.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 15, 2023
• Newly Diagnosed ANCA-associated Vasculitis After COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 is known to potentially induce or exacerbate autoimmune diseases. This report describes a case of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis following COVID-19 infection.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 12, 2023
• Patients' Perspectives on Anesthesia and Shared-decision Making The decision about which type of general anesthesia to administer is typically made without patient engagement. Would patients prefer shared decision making when it comes to their anesthetic care?
  BMC Anesthesiology, October 09, 2023
• CV Outcomes After COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Myocarditis This follow-up study evaluated the cardiovascular outcomes at up to 1 year in adolescent patients diagnosed with COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis.
  Circulation, October 05, 2023
• Virtual vs. In-Person Morning Reports During COVID-19 Virtual morning report formats predominated in many institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. How did the change to virtual formats impact attendance, leadership, and content?
  Southern Medical Journal, October 04, 2023
• Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring in Nursing Practice Find out more about the technological advancements in the field of telemedicine, and learn how these tools can improve nursing practice.
  OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, September 26, 2023
• Respiratory Virus Testing Among School Students and Staff This study found that 25% of primary and secondary school students and staff members of a large metropolitan school district tested positive for at least one respiratory virus.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, September 24, 2023
• Precocious Puberty Diagnoses Spike, COVID-19, and BMI A study aimed to determine the potential cause of the rise in precocious puberty diagnoses among girls in recent years. Could the COVID-19 pandemic have had an indirect role?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, September 21, 2023
• Cannabis-Involved ED Visits Among Youths Before, During COVID This study revealed that cannabis-involved ED visits among persons aged <25 years increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and remained higher than 2019 pre-pandemic levels through 2022.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, September 19, 2023