Effectiveness of BNT162b2 XBB Vaccine Against XBB and JN.1 Sublineages.

We provide updated results (11 October 2023 through 29 February 2024) from our previously conducted test-negative case-control study in Kaiser Permanente Southern California to evaluate sublineage-specific effectiveness of the BNT162b2 XBB1.5-adapted vaccine. Results suggest that XBB1.

A Systematic Literature Review of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use.

Rates of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use are exponentially increasing in youth and young adults within the United States, including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth in Hawai'i. Disproportionately high ENDS use rates for AANHPI youth point to the need to understand the empirical literature in this area. A systematic literature review is a prerequisite for programs effectively curbing AANHPI youths' elevated use of ENDS.

Momentary Craving, Craving Variability, and Cannabis Use: Associations With THC Concentrates and Sex.

Objective: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies are well positioned to assess the impact of craving on cannabis use in real time and may better capture its time-varying nature. The goal of this exploratory study was to examine whether momentary craving and craving variability predict subsequent use of cannabis and how baseline concentrate use status and male sex might affect these relationships.

Method: College students residing in a state with legal recreational cannabis use who used cannabis twice a week or more completed a baseline interview and signal-contingent EMA for 2 weeks using a smartphone application.

Momentary patterns of alcohol and cannabis co-use in college students: Assessing the temporal association with anxiety.

Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), we assessed momentary patterns of alcohol and cannabis co-use in college students and whether state-level and baseline reports of anxiety varied based on type of substance(s) consumed. Students (=109) reporting regular cannabis use completed a baseline assessment and two-week signal-contingent EMA, with three random prompts/day. At each EMA instance, we categorized instances of substance "usage" as: 1) no use, 2) cannabis-only, 3) alcohol-only, or 4) co-use of alcohol and cannabis (i.

Characterizing symptoms of cannabis use disorder in a sample of college students.

Since legalization of marijuana in several U.S. states in 2012, there has been concern about increases in the development of cannabis use disorder (CUD).

Self-treatment of skin infections by people who inject drugs.

Background And Aims: Persons who inject drugs (PWID) experience high rates of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) and often access emergency or inpatient treatment. However, many PWID do not seek care and self-treat some or all of their infections. The goal of the current study was to examine predictors of self-treatment of SSTI in a sample of hospitalized PWID, and describe methods of and reasons for self-treatment.