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What The Study Did: Researchers used a large data resource of U.S. COVID-19 cases and control patients who tested negative from multiple health systems across the country to evaluate COVID-19 severity and risk factors over time and assess the use of machine learning to predict clinical severity.

What The Study Did: Researchers characterized clinical content of ambulatory care among office-based compared with telemedicine visits in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A novel therapeutic may halt rapid kidney function in some type 1 diabetic kidney disease patients.

In a new paper in Neuron, 45 neuroscientists review the extensive literature on gender bias in academia -- the forms it takes and suggested remedies -- and compile a comprehensive checklist of interventions that can help eliminate bias. Some are straightforward, but the overall message is that there are many steps individuals, PIs, universities and research institutes, funding agencies and journal editors can take to achieve equity and diversity within neuroscience and the research community in general.

What The Study Did: Researchers estimated the frequency and magnitude of surprise bills for deliveries and newborn hospitalizations, which are the leading reasons for hospitalization in the United States, to illustrate the  potential benefits of federal legislation that will protect families from most surprise bills.

What The Study Did: Changes in the use of women's preventive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, including screening for sexually transmitted infections, breast and cervical cancer, and obtaining contraceptives from pharmacies are described by researchers in this study.

Researchers in this study aimed to determine how each state and the District of Columbia planned to ensure equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Politicians use emotional resources in their speeches in parliament depending on the type of debate and use emotive rhetoric strategically and selectively, mainly to attract voters. This is one of the main conclusions of a study published in the journal American Political Science Review (APSR) involving Toni Rodon, a professor with the UPF Department of Political, together with Moritz Osnabrügge (Durham University) and Sara B. Hobolt (London School of Economics and Political Science).

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between a midlife change in wealth and the risk of cardiovascular event after age 65.