Watch video – An interview with Andrew Shuman, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, about the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency. “The acceptance rate of the COVID vaccines among pediatric patients has been very low because parents have been very cautious,” Shuman said.

Read article – Kendall Hoyt, an assistant professor of medicine and faculty director of the Dickey Center Pandemic Security Project, writes an opinion piece about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. “The U.S. must continue to invest in basic virology, immunology, and vaccinology for pathogens with pandemic potential,” Hoyt writes.

Read article – Features a study co-authored by Geisel researchers into addiction treatment medicine. In the study, 12.7% of Black patients received buprenorphine in the six months after the precipitating event, compared with 18.7% of Latino patients and 23.3% of white patients.

Read article – Erin Miers, an instructor in psychiatry, is featured in an article about toxic friendships. “Toxic relationships put our bodies into high-stress mode,” Miers said. “The stress of navigating unpredictable or negative situations creates an atmosphere of dread and discomfort.”

Read article – Features comments by Martin Gross, an assistant professor of surgery, from an expert panel discussion on the effects of erectile dysfunction. “There really is a significant lack in sexual medicine research of cost information, care information, outcomes information in that regard,” Gross said.

Read article – Steven Woloshin, the co-director of the Center for Medicine and Media at the Dartmouth Institute, is cited in an article about timing mammogram screenings. Woloshin suggests that increases in breast cancer rates in young women may reflect the increased rates of screenings.

Read article – Kristine Karlson, Dartmouth athletics’ team physician and an associate professor of community and family medicine, is quoted in an article about athletic trainers. “The coach’s motivation is to win the game, and if this is their best player, they’re going to say, ‘You got your bell rung. Get back out there,’” Karlson said. “There’s the role for the athletic trainer, to say, ‘That person’s not behaving correctly. I need to pull them and declare them ineligible for the remainder of the contest.’”

Read article – Michael Calderwood, an associate professor of medicine, is featured in an article about the use of antibiotics after an incision is closed. “Our hope is that hospitals and health care teams will review the updated guidelines for support of current prevention practices and adoption of new standards targeted at our high reliability goal of zero harm,” Calderwood said.