Read article – Harold C. Sox Jr, a professor emeritus of medicine, is quoted in an obituary for Dr. Sheldon Greenfield. “We hear a lot about the shortage of primary-care physicians,” Sox said. “Dr. Greenfield’s work showed that good primary care matters a lot.”

Read article – Audrey H. Calderwood, an associate professor of medicine, co-authors a review of currently available bowel purgative agents for colonoscopy and other bowel preparation–related procedures.

Read article – Features a study by Noelle Kosarek, Guarini, and Michael Whitfield, chair and professor of biomedical data science, into the distribution of people diagnosed with systemic sclerosis across the U.S. “Most studies that have tried to answer this question were limited to small regions within counties or individual states,” Kosarek and Whitfield said in a joint statement. “Our study sought to fill this gap in knowledge by analyzing the geographic distribution of SSc in a U.S. Medicare beneficiary population.”

Read article – Steven Leach, director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center, is featured in an article about funding delays and disruptions facing National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers. “We were ranked as outstanding and approved for funding,” Leach said.  “But it seems as if the chaos in Washington has led to significant delays in the delivery of that funding.”

Read article – Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics, is quoted in an article about how Martin Makary, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the FDA, told lawmakers that he would convene a committee of vaccine advisers but would reevaluate which scientific issues require their input. “I would in no way consider him to be an anti-vaxxer,” Meissner said. (Picked up by MSN.)

Read article – Erika Moen, an associate professor of biomedical data science, writes an opinion piece about how President Donald Trump’s targeting of DEI programs may negatively impact health equity research. “Research on health equity is a crucial component to scientific research because it ensures that medical innovations and health care improvements benefit all communities,” Moen writes.

Read article – Ben Ross, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology and orthopaedics at the Geisel School of Medicine, is featured in a story about his study finding that children with cystic fibrosis are missing specific gut bacteria critical to early gastrointestinal development. “We now have a very clear picture of a major difference in the CF infant gut microbiota with important health implications for later in life,” Ross said.

Read article – Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics, is quoted in an article about how the Trump administration canceled a federal vaccine advisory committee meeting intended to help select the makeup of next winter’s flu vaccine.