Publications by authors named "Jessica Breslin"

Policy Points People with disabilities experience a vicious cycle of poverty, poor health, and marginalization partly because of the inequitable implementation and enforcement of laws, including underenforcement of civil rights and housing laws and overenforcement of punitive nuisance and criminal laws. Inequitable enforcement reflects policy choices that prioritize powerful entities (e.g.

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Preemptive statutory language within tobacco minimum legal sales age (MLSA) laws has prohibited localities from enacting stricter laws than state statutes. With the recent uptake of state Tobacco 21 laws in the US, the current landscape of preempted MLSA laws is unknown. This study sought to update the status of preemption in MLSA laws enacted in US states between 2015-2022.

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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection kinetics in a real-world, clinical setting represent a knowledge gap in understanding the underlying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathogenesis. There are scant reports of the dynamics describing the two principal components of the viral life cycle, namely, the rapid proliferation and slower clearance phases. Here, we present results from an ongoing workplace clinical surveillance study during which two vaccinated participants became infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA.

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Background: A comprehensive understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics and the ensuing host immune responses is needed to explain the pathogenesis as it relates to viral transmission. Knowledge gaps exist surrounding SARS-CoV-2 in vivo kinetics, particularly in the earliest stages after exposure.

Methods: An ongoing, workplace clinical surveillance study was used to intensely sample a small cohort longitudinally.

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The SARS-CoV-2 infection kinetics in a real-world, clinical setting represent a knowledge gap in understanding the underlying COVID-19 pathogenesis. There are scant reports on the dynamics describing the two principal components of the viral life cycle, namely the rapid proliferation and slower clearance phases. Here, we present results from an ongoing workplace clinical surveillance study where two vaccinated participants became infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA.

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Public health practices and high vaccination rates currently represent the primary interventions for managing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We initiated a clinical study based on frequent, longitudinal workplace disease surveillance to control severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among employees and their household members. We hypothesized that the study would reduce the economic burden and loss of productivity of both individuals and small businesses resulting from standard isolation methods, while providing new insights into virus-host dynamics.

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