Publications by authors named "S I Powers"

Background: Ips typographus (L.), the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), has devastated European Norway spruce (Picea abies) forests in recent years. For the first time, I.

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Background: This report summarizes the 2023 inaugural annual meeting of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Prioritizing Research in Mental Health (PRIME) working group. This workshop focused on mental health and elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI).

Methods: We reviewed existing literature and identified key gaps and study design considerations in preclinical work, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, mood/anxiety, quality of life/self-perception, neuropsychological symptoms, sleep, and symptom management.

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Background: With access to and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the United States can prevent new HIV infections. To end the HIV epidemic, health insurance plans must facilitate access to comprehensive preventive care benefits. Since plan benefit designs vary considerably by plan, it is difficult to systematically determine plans that facilitate and restrict preventive services for PrEP.

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