Read article – Quotes Ford von Reyn, professor of medicine, in an article about the results of a phase 2 trial of the DAR-901 tuberculosis vaccine conducted by von Reyn and colleges at Dartmouth. The study showed that the vaccine was safe and induced immune responses against the disease.

Read article – A feature story about research conducted by Jason McLellan, assistant professor of biochemistry, and Barney Graham from the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to aid in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Read article – Features a study conducted by researchers at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and Sound Physicians. The study found that U.S. hospital admissions that are not linked to COVID-19 have partially rebounded since the pandemic’s start, but they remain low for patients in majority-Hispanic neighborhoods.

Read article – Quotes Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article that examines the impact that fast and accessible COVID-19 testing would have on containing the pandemic.

Read article – An article about a recent study conducted by researchers at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth, and Sound Physicians, which found that the decline in non-COVID-19 hospital admissions was “similar across all demographic subgroups, but the partial rebound that followed shows that non-COVID-19 admissions for residents from Hispanic neighborhoods was significantly lower than for other groups.”

Read article – Quotes Fiona McEnany, MPH ’19, Guarini ’25, and JoAnna Leyenaar, associate professor of pediatrics and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in a feature story about a study they led that examined pediatric mental health “boarding” in the U.S. The study found that the practice of admitting children and adolescents to emergency rooms and inpatient units while they wait for a psychiatric bed to become available has increased in the last decade and has been made worse by a lack of psychiatric resources. “Although mental health boarding is widely recognized as a major health system challenge, its processes, outcomes, and risk factors had not previously been systematically reviewed,” said McEnany. “Our goal was to characterize the prevalence of pediatric mental health boarding and to identify factors among patients and hospitals that increase the likelihood of this care process.”

Read article – An article about a study conducted by researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine and Sound Physicians that analyzed data on about 1 million hospital admissions in and around the time COVID-19 became a pandemic. The researchers found that erosion in the volume of hospital inpatient admissions during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic was remarkably uniform. Admissions among patients living in majority Black and Latino neighborhoods dipped well below the highest point of decline in April 2020.

Read article – Quotes Marcus Shaker, associate professor of pediatrics, about a new study that offers fresh guidance to help stem the mental health toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinicians. Shaker notes that the paper was “a much appreciated, timely reminder of the importance of clinician wellness. … Without self-care, our ability to help our patients withers. This article provides a useful conceptual framework for individuals and organizations to provide the right care at the right time in these unprecedented times.” Shaker was not involved in the study.

Read article – Prachee Avasthi, an associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology, has received the 2020 Women in Cell Biology Junior Award for Excellence in Research from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). (Similar coverage in India West.)

Read article – Quotes Kendall Hoyt, assistant professor of medicine, in an article about the United States’ rejection of a World Health Organization-backed effort to pool resources behind at least nine vaccine candidates. “Here’s the case where what’s efficient and in our best interest is also fair,” Hoyt said. “An opportunity for collaboration and diplomacy and wielding soft power—it’s got everything any enlightened leader would want.”