Read article – An opinion piece co-authored by Ellen Meara, professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and adjunct professor of economics, about state lawmakers’ forceful response to prescription painkiller addiction by passing dozens of laws to tackle the problem, but how unfortunately, there has been little evidence that the laws work.

Read article – Quotes Joseph Rosen, professor of surgery and adjunct professor and senior lecturer of engineering, about the rapid manufacturing time of a customizable vaccine developed by MIT engineers may be especially effective to fight influenza. “This could not only be applicable to the bugs they talked about, but could also be applicable for something even more important, which is an unknown virus,” noted Rosen. “In response to a pandemic, whether natural, accidental or intentional, they could produce a vaccine in a week.”

Read article – Quotes Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, about how he and additional researchers at Dartmouth are experimenting with virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift to see if simulated environments can break the monotony of space. “I wanted to focus on many of the issues that would serve as a barrier to long duration spaceflight,” says Buckey. “The psychosocial adaptation element is crucial to a good mission.”

Read article – Quotes Richard Chou, assistant professor of medicine, about a recent study he led that found a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis—an injectable drug called etanercept—may have benefits against Alzheimer’s disease.

Watch story – Features a new study led by David Bzik, professor of microbiology and immunology, that has “identified which parasite proteins and which immunological pathways are required to break [this] immune tolerance.”