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Landmark $20 million gift received to establish Mount Sinai-Royalty Pharma Alliance for Health Equity Research

Marking a major advance in its efforts to achieve equity in the delivery of health care, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Icahn Mount Sinai) announced today that its Institute for Health Equity Research (IHER) has received a landmark $20 million gift over four years from Royalty Pharma plc and certain members of its management team.

16 May 2022

UK EMT gets Solomon Islands prepared for potential subsequent waves of COVID-19

This was made possible through the UK Government's deployment of its Emergency Medical Team (EMT) who were in the country over the last nine weeks.

16 May 2022

First oral antiviral approved for early treatment of COVID-19

The United States Food and Drug Administration granted an Emergency Use Authorization in December 2021 for the first oral antiviral, a pill containing two protease inhibitors – nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (Paxlovid, Pfizer) – for early treatment of COVID-19.

11 May 2022

Novel course in biodesign expands ability of students to create potential medical devices for the future

Educators at the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University highlighted the success of their three-year, elective course in biodesign that has enabled students to expand their abilities as innovators to creating potential medical devices for the future.

9 May 2022

Mailed at-home disposal kits increase disposal rates of unused opioids after surgery

Mailed opioid disposal kits led to 60 percent of patients who had leftover opioid pain pills properly disposing of them after surgeries, according to a new study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

6 May 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine honors students, staff for exemplary efforts to promote diversity and inclusion

Weill Cornell Medicine honored a dozen faculty, trainees, students and staff April 25 for their outstanding service and leadership in promoting diversity at the academic medical institution.

29 Apr 2022

Excitotoxicity matters for stroke recovery, new evidence shows

A new study has prompted scientists to reconsider a once-popular yet controversial idea in stroke research.

21 Apr 2022

Additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine help protect solid organ transplant recipients

Additional booster doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are particularly important for those who are immunosuppressed, namely those who have had solid organ transplants, a new study shows.

13 Apr 2022

SARS-CoV-2 spreads extensively in households, with children being an important source of spread

A study released today indicates that SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) spreads extensively in households, with children being a significant source of that spread. Approximately 50% of household members were infected from the first-infected individual during the study period.

13 Apr 2022

Researchers publish consensus statement for the study of recalled experiences surrounding death

Scientific advances in the 20th and 21st centuries have led to a major evolution in the understanding of death. At the same time, for decades, people who have survived an encounter with death have recalled unexplained lucid episodes involving heightened consciousness and awareness.

13 Apr 2022

The Mount Sinai Hospital completes full renovation of its children's ED

The Mount Sinai Hospital has announced the completion of a full renovation of its children's Emergency Department (ED), and a newly redesigned area for walk-in, low acuity adult patients.

11 Apr 2022

Tobacco use increased in smokers trying to quit during COVID-19, study finds

While smoking rates have declined dramatically in the United States, there are still 35 million smokers. There are few data about whether, and if so, how current cigarette smoking habits among those trying to quit are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

11 Apr 2022

The pandemic exacerbates the ‘paramedic paradox’ in rural America

Even after she's clocked out, Sarah Lewin keeps a Ford Explorer outfitted with medical gear parked outside her house.

7 Apr 2022

Using a pulse oximeter did not save more lives or prevent hospitalization in COVID Watch program

Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are short of breath, according to new research at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

6 Apr 2022

Black psychiatric patients more likely to be chemically sedated in the EDs than white counterparts

Black patients presenting at Emergency Departments (EDs) across the country with psychiatric complaints are 63 percent more likely to be chemically sedated than their white counterparts.

5 Apr 2022

International report offers recommendations to reduce school-related sedentary behavior in children

An international report with recommendations designed to counteract school-related sedentary behaviour in children and youth, exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, has been released by the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN), in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island and the CHEO Research Institute.

5 Apr 2022

UIC researchers projected to receive $22 million to study long COVID-19

A team of University of Illinois Chicago researchers is projected to receive approximately $22 million from the National Institutes of Health over four years to research long COVID-19.

31 Mar 2022

Feinberg students trained in a two-week emergency preparedness course

We don't know when the next natural disaster, mass shooting or pandemic will occur. But twice a year, students at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine are being trained in a two-week elective course to manage these types of events when they inevitably happen.

25 Mar 2022

Most individuals treated in emergency departments for opioid use disorder do not sustain treatment

Most people who fill prescriptions from emergency physicians to treat their opioid use disorder do not continue to receive the medication, suggesting new approaches are needed to help people continue drug treatment begun on an emergency basis, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

21 Mar 2022

Study provides a comprehensive picture of abortion provider workforce in the U.S.

Efforts to determine the actual size and makeup of the abortion provider workforce in the U.S. often rely on surveys that are limited in scope or else focus solely on abortion facilities.

21 Mar 2022

Emergency Medicine News and Research

Landmark $20 million gift received to establish Mount Sinai-Royalty Pharma Alliance for Health Equity Research

UK EMT gets Solomon Islands prepared for potential subsequent waves of COVID-19

First oral antiviral approved for early treatment of COVID-19

Novel course in biodesign expands ability of students to create potential medical devices for the future

Mailed at-home disposal kits increase disposal rates of unused opioids after surgery

Weill Cornell Medicine honors students, staff for exemplary efforts to promote diversity and inclusion

Excitotoxicity matters for stroke recovery, new evidence shows

Additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine help protect solid organ transplant recipients

SARS-CoV-2 spreads extensively in households, with children being an important source of spread

Researchers publish consensus statement for the study of recalled experiences surrounding death

The Mount Sinai Hospital completes full renovation of its children's ED

Tobacco use increased in smokers trying to quit during COVID-19, study finds

The pandemic exacerbates the ‘paramedic paradox’ in rural America

Using a pulse oximeter did not save more lives or prevent hospitalization in COVID Watch program

Black psychiatric patients more likely to be chemically sedated in the EDs than white counterparts

International report offers recommendations to reduce school-related sedentary behavior in children

UIC researchers projected to receive $22 million to study long COVID-19

Feinberg students trained in a two-week emergency preparedness course

Most individuals treated in emergency departments for opioid use disorder do not sustain treatment

Study provides a comprehensive picture of abortion provider workforce in the U.S.

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