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The authors of this commentary call for sex- and gender-specific and differentiating factors to be urgently included in the research, prevention, and therapeutics implementation response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Coronavirus disease 2019 has disrupted the lives of billions of persons worldwide. Emergencies can stimulate substantial investment of resources that catalyze impressive scientific accomplishments but can also lead to false promises and ethical...

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, much attention has been devoted to the fraught question of how to allocate intensive care unit beds and mechanical ventilators if the supply of these resources is insufficient to provide them to all patients...

Background: The new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS–CoV-2), has caused more than 210 000 deaths worldwide. However, little is known about the causes of death and the virus's pathologic features. Objective: To...

The supply chain for U.S. health care is really 5 different supply chains, and each one has its own problems and opportunities for improvement. This article explains what we're up against and what we can do about it.

Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Purpose: To examine the burden of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV on HCWs...

Background: Reported cases of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have steadily increased during the past 10 years, with disproportionate increases among men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly those with HIV ( 1 ). Bacterial STDs...

Background: L-thyroxine does not improve hypothyroid symptoms among adults with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). However, those with greater symptom burden before treatment may still benefit. Objective: To determine whether L-thyroxine...

Background: The U.S. health care system is grappling with distinct challenges in delivering patient care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ( 1 , 2 ). First, both patients and clinicians are at risk for COVID-19 exposure...

Environmental services personnel are a critical first line of defense against the spread of COVID-19. This commentary discusses the importance of environmental cleaning during the pandemic and the essential role of environmental services personnel...

African Americans and Latinos are overrepresented among cases of and deaths from COVID-19 nationally and in many of the U.S. regions hardest hit by the pandemic. The editorialist discusses lessons that we should have learned from prior experiences...

This article was published at Annals.org on 28 April 2020.

Since February 2020, as U.S. public health efforts have focused on containing the spread of COVID-19, gun sales in the country have skyrocketed, physical distancing necessary to curb transmission has disrupted social networks, and Americans have...

Hospitalized patients often have elevated blood pressure (BP), but there is a paucity of guidance on how physicians should manage patients with hypertensive urgency (systolic BP >180 mm Hg without evidence of end-organ damage) or moderately elevated...

Background: More than 65% of persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States do not receive any treatment, including recommended treatment with 1 of the following U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved medications: buprenorphine;...