LAURA H. CYPHERS

This Viewpoint discusses the potential educational benefits of social media in the health sciences.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint looks at the lawsuits brought by pharmaceutical companies to challenge the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, in particular claims under the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint discusses why the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should include e-cigarettes in its proposed cap of the nicotine concentration in combustible cigarettes to address the public health problem of vaping among adolescents.
Source: JAMA Online First

This phase 1 randomized clinical trial evaluates the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and exploratory pharmacodynamic biomarker effects of muvalaplin in humans.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint reviews how the recent US Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action affects extant medical school admission policies seeking to enhance diversity of the national medical student body and its derivative national health care workforce.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint discusses the US Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling on affirmative action and its repercussions for Black physicians and health equity for racial and ethnic minority groups.
Source: JAMA Online First

This study examines the trends in use of unclaimed bodies in medical education in Texas.
Source: JAMA Online First

This Viewpoint discusses Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements, a set of guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help hospitals develop multiprofessional programs that monitor and optimize management and outcomes of sepsis.
Source: JAMA Online First

Overall, the prevalence of post–COVID-19 condition, or long COVID, has declined among US adults, based on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analysis of the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey responses. In June 2023, about 11% of participants with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection reported currently having long COVID, compared with nearly 19% at 12 months prior. Prevalence of long COVID among all US adults also decreased, from 7.5% to 6%.
Source: JAMA Online First

Two people who recently attended different agricultural fairs in Michigan have contracted influenza viruses from pigs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on August 4. One patient was presumed to be positive for influenza A(H3) variant virus based on local epidemiological findings. Diagnostic testing confirmed the second person’s infection with influenza A(H1N2) variant virus.
Source: JAMA Online First