The feasibility of implementing a digital pregnancy and postpartum support program in the Midwestern United States and the association with maternal and infant health by Colleen J. Klein, Matthew Dalstrom, William F. Bond, Jeremy McGarvey, Melinda Cooling, Katelyn Zumpf, Lisa Pierce, Brad Stoecker, Jonathan A. Handler

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on pregnant patients with Medicaid insurance who received care and delivered in a Midwestern United States healthcare system between 8/1/2022–8/15/2023, comparing outcomes among those who did versus did not opt for PPSP enrollment. …”
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Do not Just Blame the Gun: The Midwestern Insight into the Relationship between Gun Laws and Firearm Mortality by Martin Zilvar

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Twobandad Japanese Weevil, Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus Roelofs (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…With a host range of over 100 plant species, the twobanded Japanese weevil is recognized in the northeastern and midwestern United States as an important pest of landscape plantings (Wheeler and Boyd 2005). …”
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Twobandad Japanese Weevil, Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus Roelofs (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…With a host range of over 100 plant species, the twobanded Japanese weevil is recognized in the northeastern and midwestern United States as an important pest of landscape plantings (Wheeler and Boyd 2005). …”
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“All Creatures Yum!!”: Cicada Mania in Southern Indiana by Julianne Graper

“…In this paper, I examine the ways that music has been used to construct seventeen-year Magicicada Brood X as biologically necessary within Christian environmentalism in the Midwestern United States, despite widespread popular claims that cicadas are “annoying” or “gross.” …”
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Update on Babesiosis by Edouard Vannier, Peter J. Krause

“…Over the last 50 years, the epidemiology of human babesiosis has changed from a few isolated cases to the establishment of endemic areas in the northeastern and midwestern United States. Episodic cases are reported in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. …”
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Paragonimus kellicotti: A Lung Infection in Our Own Backyard by Eric Johannesen, Van Nguyen

“…Infections from the North American lung fluke, Paragonimus kellicotti, have been rare, although more infections have been seen in people in the Midwestern United States. A 29-year-old male with a history of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma presented with hemoptysis. …”
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A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion by Baruch Abittan, Aaron Nizam, Michael Oey, Felicia Callan, Lisa Simmonds, Sarah L. Pachtman

“…Babesiosis, caused predominantly by Babesia microti, is an emerging health risk in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. We present a case of a pregnant woman with history of splenectomy diagnosed with babesiosis at 23 5/7 weeks of gestational age refractory to antimicrobial therapy. …”
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The decline of walleye populations: an ecological tipping point? by Greg G. Sass

“…Despite intensive management, walleye populations have declined in the midwestern United States raising concerns about the sustainability of the species. …”
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Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Depression in a Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Patient by Eric Black

“…In this case a SCA1 patient with advanced neurological disease was enrolled in a psychiatric intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment program in the midwestern United States to address his comorbid depressive symptoms. …”
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Substantial Variation Exists in Clinical Exposure to Chief Complaints Among Residents Within an Emergency Medicine Training Program by Corlin M. Jewell, Amy T. Hummel, Dann J. Hekman, Benjamin H. Schnapp

“…Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of EM residents who graduated in the years 2016–2021 at a single, university-affiliated emergency department (ED) in the midwestern United States. All patient encounters where a CC was logged were included and categorized into 1 of 20 clinical domains based on the 2016 American Board of Emergency Medicine Model of Clinical Practice. …”
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Trends in Mental Health Outcomes of College Students Amid the Pandemic (Roadmap mHealth App): Longitudinal Observational Study by Gautham Jayaraj, Xiao Cao, Adam Horwitz, Michelle Rozwadowski, Skyla Shea, Shira N Hanauer, David A Hanauer, Muneesh Tewari, Kerby Shedden, Sung Won Choi

“…MethodsA fully automated longitudinal observational study was conducted remotely from a large public academic institution in the Midwestern United States, evaluating mental health and well-being outcomes among college students using the Roadmap mHealth app over 3 fall semesters from 2020 to 2022. …”
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