Read article – Cites Elliott Fisher, professor of medicine, in an article about how New Hampshire Hospital secured contracts with several major health insurers for the first time, removing some barriers to receiving and paying for mental health treatment.

Read article – Quotes Anne Hoen, associate professor of epidemiology, and Anne Sosin ’02, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, in an article about the backlash faced by Vermont Governor Phil Scott following his statement about the effectiveness of mask mandates in other states. “For someone who has promoted his policy as being grounded in science and data, it is so disappointing to hear him make the conclusion that mask mandates are not effective, a statement that has no scientific basis,” said Hoen.

Read article – Quotes Paul Holtzheimer, associate professor of psychiatry, in an article about a patient who found relief from serve depression from a device in her brain that delivers short pulses of electricity to specific areas. “This is a really exciting study,” said Holtzheimer. “The caveat being … it is what we call an ‘N of one,’ a one-participant study.”

Read article – James Stahl, associate professor of medicine, comments on a study researching the link between stress hormones and cardiovascular events. Stahl, who was not involved in the study, states that more research is needed to ascertain who may benefit from measuring urinary stress hormones as a way of screening for cardiovascular events.

Read article – Continued coverage of Lisa Marsch, professor of psychiatry, about the use of the app reSET-O in treating opioid addiction. reSET-O is the only program of its kind with FDA approval. “So, you’re actually getting a clinical-grade intervention via software,” Marsch said. (Similar coverage in WCAX and many others.)

Read article – Quotes Anne Hoen, associate professor of epidemiology, and Anne Sosin ’02, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, in an article about the progression of public health policies in Vermont as the pandemic continues. “What we are experiencing with this virus is epidemic waves with exponential growth at times. That pattern calls for aggressive public health intervention,” said Hoen.

Read article – Quotes Lisa Marsch, professor of psychiatry, in a video about how a hospital has begun prescribing an app, reSET-O, as round-the-clock care for addiction therapy. “These digital treatments can provide care that is sometimes as good as or better than clinician delivered therapy,” said Marsch. (Picked up by WCAX and many others.)

Read article – Quotes Steven Miller, a postdoctoral research fellow, from his blog in an article about the prime time to drink coffee in the morning. (Picked up by Click on Detroit.)

Read article – Quotes Kendall Hoyt, assistant professor of medicine, in an article about the role and perception of vaccines during World War II in the U.S. “There was a sense towards science, in that postwar era, that we were living in a time of miracles and wonder,” said Hoyt.

Read article – A feature story on Jason McLellan, a former faculty member at the Geisel School of Medicine, about his research in vaccine design that led to the fast development of the COVID-19 vaccines.