Gout and the risk of COVID-19 diagnosis and death in the UK Biobank: a population-based study
Ruth K Topless, BSc, Angelo Gaffo, MD, Prof Lisa K Stamp, PhD, Philip C Robinson, PhD,
Prof Nicola Dalbeth, MD, Prof Tony R Merriman, PhD, - The Lancet

Challenges in Inferring Intrinsic Severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant
Roby P. Bhattacharyya, M.D., Ph.D., and William P. Hanage, Ph.D. - New England Journal of Medicine

Cancer therapy with decreased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in cancer patients
Takuma Hayashi, Ikuo Konishi, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan, - British Journal of Cancer

Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK
Anika Singanayagam, PhD, Seran Hakki, PhD, Jake Dunning, PhD, Kieran J Madon, MSc, Michael A Crone, MBBCh, Aleksandra Koycheva, BSc, et al. - The Lancet

Lack of Convincing Evidence that the Widely Used COVID-19 Vaccines will Produce Herd Immunity
Gary P. Wormser, Catherine A. Flatley, Elizabeth M. Flatley, Patricia A. White,Marisa Montecalvo, - The American Journal of Medicine

Effects of social distancing on the incidence of Bell’s palsy and sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Lena Hafrén, Riitta Saarinena, Marie Lundberga. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, - Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Neighborhood Racial and Economic Segregation and Disparities in Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Julia P. Schleimer MPH, et al., Violence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, and the California Firearm Violence Research Center. - American Journal of Public Health
