Perinatal depression before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York CityAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Meralis Lantigua-Martinez, MD, Megan E. Trostle, MD, Anthony Melendez Torres, MD, Pournami Rajeev, BA, Alyson Dennis, BA, Jenna S. Silverstein, MD, Mahino Talib, MD

“…Studies in other countries found elevated rates of anxiety and/or depression among pregnant people during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with prepandemic rates. New York City was the initial epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, and the effects of the pandemic on perinatal depression in this population are not well known. …”
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Changes in SARS-CoV-2 viral load and mortality during the initial wave of the pandemic in New York City. by Michael J Satlin, Jason Zucker, Benjamin R Baer, Mangala Rajan, Nathaniel Hupert, Luis M Schang, Laura C Pinheiro, Yanhan Shen, Magdalena E Sobieszczyk, Lars F Westblade, Parag Goyal, Martin T Wells, Jorge L Sepulveda, Monika M Safford

“…We evaluated 6923 patients with COVID-19 at six New York City hospitals from March 15-May 14, 2020, corresponding with the implementation of public health interventions in March. …”
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Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Health Care Workers During the Pandemic Surge in New York City by Jordyn H. Feingold, Lauren Peccoralo, Chi C. Chan, Carly A. Kaplan, Halley Kaye-Kauderer, Dennis Charney, Jaclyn Verity, Alicia Hurtado, Larissa Burka, Shumayl A. Syed, James W. Murrough, Adriana Feder, Robert H. Pietrzak, Jonathan Ripp

“…Background This study sought to assess the magnitude of and factors associated with mental health outcomes among frontline health care workers (FHCWs) providing care during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 pandemic surge in New York City. Methods A cross-sectional, survey-based study over 4 weeks during the Spring 2020 pandemic surge was used to assess symptoms of COVID-19-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in 2,579 FHCWs at the Mount Sinai Hospital. …”
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Caring to know a name: An examination of New York City student attitudes towards knowing a tree's name by Yael Wyner, Jennifer H. Doherty

“…Summary To improve student engagement with local plant diversity, we developed a curriculum for New York City (NYC) students (Grades 6–8, ages 11–14) to help them scientifically observe the trees they pass daily. …”
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“The cornerstone is laid”: Italian American Memorial Building in New York City and Immigrants’ Right to the City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Bénédicte Deschamps

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Using a joint triage model for multi-hospital response to a mass casualty incident in New York city by Arquilla Bonnie, Paladino Lorenzo, Reich Charlotte, Brandler Ethan, Lucchesi Michael, Shetty Sanjay

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The impact of change in neighborhood poverty on BMI trajectory of 37,544 New York City youth: a longitudinal study by Krista Schroeder, Sophia Day, Kevin Konty, Levent Dumenci, Terri Lipman

“…The sample included youth attending New York City public schools in grades kindergarten through twelfth from school years 2006/2007 through 2016/2017. …”
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Correction: Restoring oysters to urban estuaries: Redefining habitat quality for eastern oyster performance near New York City. by Katherine McFarland, Matthew P Hare

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Impact of a Novel Emergency Department Forward Treatment Area During the New York City COVID-19 Surge by Joshua Brett Moskovitz, Kaushal Khambhati, Comilla Sasson, Jason D’Amore, Michael P. Jones, Jeremy Sperling

“…Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused a disproportionate number of patients to seek emergency care at hospitals in New York City (NYC) during the initial crisis. Our urban emergency department (ED), a member of the NYC public hospital system had to process the increased volume while also differentiating our patients’ critical needs. …”
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Physical fitness disparities among New York City public school youth using standardized methods, 2006-2017. by Kevin J Konty, Sophia E Day, Michael Larkin, Hannah R Thompson, Emily M D'Agostino

“…We examined longitudinal trends in population-level fitness for 4th-12th grade New York City youth during 2006/7-2016/17 (average n = 510,293 per year). …”
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The role of increasing pharmacy and community distributed naloxone in the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City by Jake R. Morgan, Christina E. Freibott, Ali Jalali, Philip J. Jeng, Alexander Y. Walley, Avik Chatterjee, Traci C. Green, Michelle L. Nolan, Benjamin P. Linas, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Sean M. Murphy

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Generation X School Leaders as Agents of Care: Leader and Teacher Perspectives from Toronto, New York City and London by Karen Edge, Katherine Descours, Keren Frayman

“…This paper draws on evidence from our three-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded research study of the lives, careers, experiences and aspirations of Generation X (under 40 years of age) principals and vice-principals in London, New York City, and Toronto. More specifically, the paper examines interview evidence from nine school-based studies in which nine leaders and 54 teachers discuss their perspectives on leaders’ care of their staff members. …”
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The syringe gap: an assessment of sterile syringe need and acquisition among syringe exchange program participants in New York City by Siegler Anne, Paone Denise, Heller Daliah I, Karpati Adam

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Programmatic data from New York City syringe exchange programs suggest that many clients visit the programs infrequently and take few syringes per transaction, while separate survey data from individuals using these programs indicate that frequent injecting – at least daily – is common. …”
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Fine-Scale Urban Heat Patterns in New York City Measured by ASTER Satellite—The Role of Complex Spatial Structures by Bibhash Nath, Wenge Ni-Meister, Mutlu Özdoğan

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Impact of residential displacement on healthcare access and mental health among original residents of gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City. by Sungwoo Lim, Pui Ying Chan, Sarah Walters, Gretchen Culp, Mary Huynh, L Hannah Gould

“…As gentrification continues in New York City as well as other urban areas, residents of lower socioeconomic status maybe at higher risk for residential displacement. …”
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Cohort study of the mortality among patients in New York City with tuberculosis and COVID-19, March 2020 to June 2022 by Alice V. Easton, Marco M Salerno, Lisa Trieu, Erica Humphrey, Fanta Kaba, Michelle Macaraig, Felicia Dworkin, Diana M. Nilsen, Joseph Burzynski

“…A retrospective cohort of patients who were diagnosed with TB and COVID-19 concurrently (within 120 days) between March 2020 and June 2022 in New York City (NYC) was identified. This cohort was compared with a cohort of patients diagnosed with TB-alone during the same period in terms of demographic information, clinical characteristics, and mortality. …”
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The Role of the Physical and Social Environment in Observed and Self-Reported Park Use in Low-Income Neighborhoods in New York City by Javier E. Otero Peña, Javier E. Otero Peña, Hanish Kodali, Emily Ferris, Katarzyna Wyka, Setha Low, Kelly R. Evenson, Joan M. Dorn, Lorna E. Thorpe, Terry T. K. Huang

“…This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between the physical and social environment of parks and both observed and self-reported park use in low-income neighborhoods in New York City. We conducted community- (n = 54 parks) and individual-level (n = 904 residents) analyses. …”
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DNA metabarcoding reveals that coyotes in New York City consume wide variety of native prey species and human food by Carol S. Henger, Emily Hargous, Christopher M. Nagy, Mark Weckel, Claudia Wultsch, Konstantinos Krampis, Neil Duncan, Linda Gormezano, Jason Munshi-South

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Bias due to sample selection in propensity score matching for a supportive housing program evaluation in New York City. by Sungwoo Lim, Sue M Marcus, Tejinder P Singh, Tiffany G Harris, Amber Levanon Seligson

“…The purpose of the study was to assess potential selection bias using one-to-one greedy matching versus optimal full matching as part of an evaluation of supportive housing in New York City (NYC). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTINGS: Data came from administrative data for 2 groups of applicants who were eligible for an NYC supportive housing program in 2007-09, including chronically homeless adults with a substance use disorder and young adults aging out of foster care. …”
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Variant-specific introduction and dispersal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City - from Alpha to Omicron. by Simon Dellicour, Samuel L Hong, Verity Hill, Dacia Dimartino, Christian Marier, Paul Zappile, Gordon W Harkins, Philippe Lemey, Guy Baele, Ralf Duerr, Adriana Heguy

“…Here, we describe a phylogeographic approach to estimate and compare the introduction and dispersal dynamics of the main SARS-CoV-2 variants - Alpha, Iota, Delta, and Omicron - that circulated in the New York City area between 2020 and 2022. Notably, our results indicate that Delta had a lower ability to establish sustained transmission chains in the NYC area and that Omicron (BA.1) was the variant fastest to disseminate across the study area. …”
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