Flu-Phobia: Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy in a Rural Primary Care Setting.

The sentiments expressed by individuals, such as "I do not trust vaccines," "I do not believe in vaccines," and "I do not want a shot," are commonly encountered by physicians during the annual influenza season. This study investigates vaccine hesitancy regarding the influenza vaccine within a rural primary care setting in New York State. Observations of subjective comments from community members prompted an inquiry into whether the contentious discourse surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine has influenced patients' decisions about the influenza vaccination.

A Comparison of Surgical Subspecialty Match Rates in 2022 in the United States.

This paper examines the 2022 surgical subspecialty results within the Match hosted yearly by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in the United States. It exists to place medical graduates with post-graduate training programs via an algorithm based on ranked lists provided by both residency programs and individual applicants around the world. This paper compares the match rates between allopathic medical graduates (MDs) and osteopathic medical graduates (DOs).

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in a Rural Primary Care Setting.

As the United States clamors with anti-vax protests, researchers seek to understand what social and behavioral values are keeping patients from electing to vaccinate themselves against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus. Over the past year, the race to vaccinate has become less about developing working vaccines and more about finding ways to encourage vaccine uptake. This paper examines the question of vaccine hesitancy in rural Chemung County, NY.