What The Study Did: In this review of 29 studies with nearly 20,000 participants, researchers report they found that the current body of evidence, although limited, reveals an association between police exposure and adverse health outcomes for Black youth.
Authors: Monique Jindal, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2929)
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What The Study Did: Using California emergency department and hospitalization data to examine overall rates of injuries to children and adolescents by police, researchers report that Black youth in California have higher rates of injuries perpetrated by law enforcement than youth of other race and ethnicity.
Authors: Kriszta Farkas, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, Berkeley, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2939)
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What The Study Did: Updated estimates using survey data found no association between state legalization of medical and recreational marijuana and use among adolescents.
Authors: D. Mark Anderson, Ph.D., of Montana State University in Bozeman, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24638)
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Authors: Theodore Macnow, M.D., of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2782)
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What The Study Did: In this interim analysis of surveillance data from 6.2 million people who received 11.8 million doses of an mRNA vaccine, event rates for 23 serious health outcomes weren’t significantly higher for individuals one to 21 days after vaccination compared with similar individuals at 22 to 42 days after vaccination.
Authors: Nicola P. Klein, M.D., Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15072)
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Authors: P. Rick Schuurman, M.D., Ph.D., of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2979)
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What The Study Did: Based on a sample of blood donations in the United States from July 2020 through May 2021, vaccine- and infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence increased over time and varied by age, race and ethnicity, and geographic region. Seroprevalence studies estimate how common it is for people to have SARS-CoV-2–specific antibodies due to natural infection or induced by vaccination.
Authors: Jefferson M. Jones, M.D., M.P.H., C.D.R., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15161)
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What The Study Did: This study examines how common SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were among blood donors ages 16 to 64 in Kenya from January to March.
Authors: Sophie Uyoga, Ph.D., of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.15265)
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Authors: Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Ph.D., of the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2956)
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Authors: Shun-Cheng Chang, M.D., of Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22607)
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What The Study Did: In this observational study with 2,100 middle-age adults, taking approximately 7,000 steps or more per day was associated with lower risk of death. There was no association of step intensity with mortality.
Authors: Amanda E. Paluch, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24516)
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What The Study Did: This survey study estimated the association between school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic and child mental health difficulties and how this association varied across sociodemographic factors.
Authors: Matt Hawrilenko, Ph.D., of the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24092)
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What The Study Did: U.S. Census survey data were used to assess how health insurance coverage changed in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: M. Kate Bundorf, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2487)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined racial, ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates in the nine largest cities in the United States.
Authors: Adam Sacarny, Ph.D., of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2415)
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Authors: Leora Horn, M.D., M.S., of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and Yi-Long Wu, M.D., of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou, China, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3523)
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Authors: Adeel Abbas Dhahri, M.S., of the Royal Infirmary Hospital of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.2190)
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What The Study Did: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus self-checker were used to examine which symptoms are reported with a new loss of taste or smell among people with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Authors: Alain K. Koyama, Sc.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.2239)
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What The Study Did: This study investigated whether a COVID-19 stay-at-home order in Chicago was associated with changes in rates of domestic violence reported to police or the availability of domestic violence resources and how these differed by race/ethnicity.
Authors: Elizabeth L. Tung, M.D., M.S., of the University of Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22260)
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What The Study Did: Researchers compared antibody responses by age among adults who received two doses of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
Authors: Jeffrey M. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24331)
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What The Study Did: This case-control study found that exposure to SARS-CoV-2-positive household members was a risk factor associated with infection among vaccinated health care workers. Household exposure is usually longer and closer than casual exposure or exposure at work and does not include masking or distancing, thus exposing one to a higher infectious dose and being more contagious.
Authors: Yonatan Oster, M.D., of the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25394)
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Authors: Hiroki Yamaue, M.D., Ph.D., of Wakayama Medical University in Wakayama, Japan, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.3182)
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Authors: Mitesh S. Patel, M.D., M.B.A., of Ascension Health in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2021.3176)
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What The Study Did: This observational study that included 11,000 children from the United Kingdom found that severe eczema was associated with symptoms of depression and internalizing behaviors throughout childhood and adolescence.
Authors: Katrina Abuabara, M.D., M.S.C.E., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.2657)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in emergency department encounters among children and adolescents with suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
Authors: Kathryn K. Ridout, M.D., Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2457)
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Authors: Angelique de Man, M.D., Ph.D., of Amsterdam UMC in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13011)
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Authors: Daniel F. McAuley, M.D., of Queen’s University of Belfast in Belfast, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13374)
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What The Study Did: This study updates a previous analysis of changes in rates of new cancer diagnosis among U.S. patients during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Harvey W. Kaufman, M.D., of Quest Diagnostics in Secaucus, New Jersey. is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25681)
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What The Study Did: Researchers describe the assessment and immunization of highly allergic individuals with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as well as the rate of adverse reactions to the vaccine in this population.
Authors: Nancy Agmon-Levin, M.D., of the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22255)
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Authors: Susan Stark, Ph.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22044)
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What The Study Did: This survey study of almost 11,000 health care workers (HCWs) from two academic hospitals found that, compared with white HCWs, vaccine hesitancy was increased nearly five-fold among Black HCWs, two-fold among Hispanic or Latino HCWs, and by nearly 50% among Asian HCWs and HCWs who were members of other racial/ethnic groups.
Authors: Florence M. Momplaisir M.D., M.S.H.P., of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.21931)
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What The Study Did:Although data for 68 patients identified a group of patients with a risk of significant long-term complications, the majority of patients had good outcomes with no significant medium- or long-term consequences.
Authors:Patrick Davies, M.R.C.P.C.H., of the Nottingham Children’s Hospital in Nottingham, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2993)
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Authors: Johan N. Siebert, M.D., of Geneva University Hospitals in Geneva, Switzerland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23007)
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Authors: Bruce L. Rollman, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4978)
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What The Study Did: This analysis found that residents in states that lifted eviction moratoria had increased risk of receiving a COVID-19 diagnosis 12 weeks after the moratorium was lifted relative to residents in states where moratoria remained in place. These associations increased over time, particularly among individuals with more existing medical conditions and lower socioeconomic status.
Authors: Sebastian Sandoval-Olascoaga, M.Sc., of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29041)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined changes over the last three decades in the representation of women and underrepresented groups by specialty in U.S. academic medicine.
Authors: Alexander Yoo, M.D., of the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23512)
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What The Study Did: The findings of this updated systematic review and meta-analysis of 87 studies representing more than 1.2 million household contacts from 30 countries suggest that the household remains an important site of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
Authors: Zachary J. Madewell, Ph.D., of the University of Florida in Gainesville, is the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22240)
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Authors: Atul Verma, M.D., and Subodh Verma, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.21867)
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What The Study Did: Researchers compared the effectiveness of different strategies to identify and reach vulnerable populations with door-to-door COVID-19 testing.
Authors: Daniel E. Ho, J.D., Ph.D., of Stanford University in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2260)
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Authors: Binghe Xu, M.D., Ph.D., of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3428)
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Authors: Sumanta K. Pal, M.D., of the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3441)
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What The Study Did: This study investigated the association between breast density and the risk of invasive breast cancer among women age 65 or older and whether the association was affected by body mass index.
Authors: Dejana Braithwaite, Ph.D., M.Sc., of the University of Florida in Gainesville, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22810)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined factors associated with gaps in the HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) continuum of care and where in the continuum HIV infections occur.
Authors: J. Carlo Hojilla, R.N., Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22692)
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Authors: John C. Fortney, Ph.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2318)
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What The Study Did:The results of this observational study suggest that, contrary to expectations, suicidal behavior didn’t appear to increase among military veterans nearly 10 months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Brandon Nichter, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Diego, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2332)
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What The Study Did: Survey data were used to investigate how the use of nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, and the associated risks have changed over the last two decades among middle and high school students.
Authors: Ruoyan Sun, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18788)
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What The Study Did: This study describes rates of influenza-associated hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and in-hospital deaths by race and ethnicity over 10 recent flu seasons.
Authors: Alissa C. O’Halloran, M.S.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.21880)
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What The Study Did: Researchers examined the safety and effectiveness of telehealth medication abortions in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Ushma D. Upadhyay, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.22320)
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What The Article Says: This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendations on screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between the timing of exposure and development of disease among close contacts of index patients with COVID-19 and evaluated whether the severity of the index case is associated with clinical presentation in close contacts who develop COVID-19.
Authors:Feng Ling, M.D., of the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, and Ye Shen, Ph.D., of the University of Georgia in Athens, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4686)
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What The Study Did: In the United States last year, researchers found that the proportion of community-dwelling homebound adults 70 or older increased, particularly among Black non-Hispanic and Hispanic/Latino individuals. Although the study couldn’t establish the reasons for this first major increase in the homebound population in a decade, a likely explanation is compliance with social distancing and other public health recommendations to minimize the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2.
Authors: Claire K. Ankuda, M.D., M.P.H., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4456)
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Authors: Jose Ignacio Vargas, M.D., of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile in Santiago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20929)
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What The Study Did: Researchers estimated changes in the occurrence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents in the United States from 2001 to 2017.
Authors: Jean M. Lawrence, Sc.D., M.P.H., M.S.S.A., of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.11165)
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What The Study Did: The results of this observational study suggest that combined drinking and smoking after the first trimester of pregnancy may be associated with a significantly increased risk of a late stillbirth.
Authors: Kimberly A. Dukes, Ph.D., of the Boston University School of Public Health, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.21726)
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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021
Media advisory: To contact the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, email the Media Coordinator at Newsroom@USPSTF.net or call 301-951-9203. The full report and related articles are linked to this news release.
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has lowered the recommended starting age of screening for type 2 diabetes from age 40 to 35 and recommends screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in overweight or obese adults ages 35 to 70. The USPSTF also recommends that clinicians should offer or refer patients with prediabetes to effective preventive interventions. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure and new cases of blindness and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Screening asymptomatic adults for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes may allow earlier detection, diagnosis and treatment. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services and this statement replaces the 2015 recommendation on screening for abnormal blood glucose levels and type 2 diabetes.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2021.12531)
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What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether decreases in emergency medical services (EMS) and emergency department volumes were associated with voluntary avoidance of emergency care during the COVID-19 outbreak in Detroit.
Authors: Nicholas E. Harrison, M.D., M.S., of the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20728)
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About JAMA Heath Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About JAMA Heath Forum: JAMA Health Forum has transitioned from an information channel to an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
What The Study Did: An analytical model was used to simulate the association of different vaccine allocation strategies with COVID-19-associated hospitalizations, deaths and household transmissions and their distribution across racial and ethnic groups.
Authors: Patricia Kipnis, Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2095)
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What The Study Did: This survey study examines opinions from a diverse sample of young people, ages 14 to 24, after the start of mass immunization campaigns regarding COVID-19 vaccine acceptability, perceived barriers to vaccination and anticipated changes in behavior.
Authors: Stephen M. Gorga, M.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2103)
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What The Study Did:Researchers at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Health System in Chapel Hill used an analytics-based approach to identify and contact patients with cancer who might benefit from targeted nonelectronic communication regarding COVID-19 immunization.
Authors:Jacob Stein, M.D., M.P.H., of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3833)
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Authors: Kerry S. Courneya, Ph.D., of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.3067)
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