Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Elliott Fisher, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how New England states are partially reopening amid concerns about adequate COVID-19 testing and contact tracing. (Picked up by NECN, Voice of America, and many more. Similar coverage in Concord Monitor.)
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New England Starts to Reopen Even as Virus Concerns Persist – Associated Press
Read article – Quotes Elliott Fisher, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how New England states are partially reopening amid concerns about adequate COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.
After the Pandemic, Will Customers Ever Return to the Hot Food Bar? – WGBH
Read article – Quotes Elizabeth Talbot, professor of medicine, in an article about the future of self-serve food bars after many restaurants and supermarkets closed down these services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Talbot, who is the deputy epidemiologist for the state of New Hampshire, said the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is not food-borne. “COVID-19 is transmitted predominantly by the person-to-person route through respiratory droplets,” said Talbot. “If respiratory droplets land on surfaces, then a person can come along and touch a contaminated surface and inoculate themselves within a short period of time after that.”
Neurologists Call for ALS Registry to Research Environmental Toxins Associated With Disease – NeurologyToday</em<
Read article – Quotes Elijah Stommel, professor of neurology, in an article about the benefits of establishing a national reportable registry for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Medical Students Team Up to Supply PPE to Philly Hospitals – Jewish Exponent
Read article – Quotes Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine student Briana Krewson, Geisel ‘19, who co-founded Medical Students for Masks, a grassroots fundraising organization donating PPE to Philadelphia-area hospitals.
COVID-19: What We Know and Don’t Know (Audio) – NHPR
Read article – As a guest on The Exchange, Michael Calderwood, associate professor of medicine, discusses what scientists have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lifelines: Astronaut Training Helpful For Isolation During COVID-19 (Audio) – NHPR
Read article – As a guest on Lifelines, Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, discusses his time as an astronaut and the development of the PATH Program, an online training program for astronauts who are isolated in space.
How to Cope With Confinement During COVID-19 (Video) – CBS News
Read article – As a guest on CBS Evening News, Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, discusses how to cope with isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Picked up by Yahoo! Finance and WTOP. Similar coverage in an article published by CBS News.)
Coronavirus Data Trends Working in Maine’s Favor, But Risks Remain – Portland Press Herald
Read article – Quotes Stephanie Tomlin, director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice’s Data and Analytic Core, in an article about how Maine is relaxing restrictions based on data from multiple sources showing that the state’s per capita COVID-19 infection rates are among the lowest in the nation. The article notes that Tomlin and other researchers with the Dartmouth Atlas Project have been tracking COVID-19’s progression by analyzing cases in the regional markets where residents receive health care. Tomlin noted that Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have so far avoided becoming hotspots, although areas of southern New Hampshire along the Massachusetts border have had small surges in cases.
Time for States to Reopen Their Economy? Political Divisions Emerge as Midwest Governors Weigh Coronavirus Cases vs. Unemployment – Chicago Tribune
Read article – Quotes Elliott Fisher, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about the different approaches to handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the Midwest. The article features research from the Dartmouth Atlas Project conducted by Fisher and additional colleagues that maps COVID-19 cases and deaths by regional hospital districts.