Read article – An opinion piece by Cassie Kosarek, Geisel ’20, in which she shares tips with prospective medical students on the best questions to ask during medical school interviews. “Finding a medical school that views its students as complete and complex people, not just seats in classrooms and clerkships, is essential to nurturing your success,” says Kosarek.

Read article – Quotes Anne Sosin, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, and Anne Hoen, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, about Vermont’s approach to mitigating the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant as the school year begins. “We need guidance that recognizes the rapidly evolving evidence on the delta variant, describes a layered mitigation approach and also provides detailed strategies for implementing it in a school setting,” said Sosin. “I think in all three respects the guidance falls short.”

Read article – Quotes Jose Mercado, assistant professor of medicine, in an article about the varying ways that organizers of large outdoor events in Boston are responding to the rising COVID-19 delta variant case numbers.

Read article – Quotes Alison Holmes, associate professor of pediatrics, about World Breastfeeding Week and the benefits of breastfeeding. “Globally, next to things like clean water and vaccinations, breastfeeding is so important in terms of reducing infant mortality,” said Holmes.

Read article – Quotes Jose Mercado, assistant professor of medicine, in an article sharing information on what is known about the delta variant, including how it’s transmitted, and what can be done to slow the spread. “There are recent reports that vaccinated individuals could spread the delta variant to unvaccinated individuals,” says Mercado. “For this reason, the CDC has encouraged fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks in public indoor settings as a result of this new evidence.”

Read article – Cites comments by Keith Loud, chair and professor of pediatrics, in an article about a discussion hosted by U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan on the expanded Child Tax Credit. Loud noted that the tax credit is crucial to New Hampshire families.

Read article – Anne Hoen, associate professor of epidemiology, is quoted in an article reporting on Vermont’s COVID-19 mask mandates and recommendations for K-12 students, teachers, and staff for when school starts this fall. Hoen would also like to see schools address ventilation, stating that “There is more and more evidence that ventilation can be a really useful tool and I would like to see standards set at the state level for ventilation in schools if they don’t exist.”

Read article – A commentary by Cornel Stanciu, assistant professor of psychiatry, examines digital therapeutics (DTx), products that deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions to prevent, manage, or treat a condition and how such products can best be leveraged for patients. “DTx are installed on the patient’s smartphone or tablet and allow the patient to learn about their disease, enter real-time data, and experience patient-facing interventions,” said Stanciu. “As clinicians, we need to be aware of the available DTx and how to best leverage them for the benefit of our patients.”

Read article – Richard Barth Jr., professor of surgery and the chief of general surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, is quoted about his research and a recent study, which provides guidelines for reducing opioid prescriptions for pain management following surgery. Barth says, “As surgeons, we need to take ownership and responsibility for the opioids we prescribe. By doing this, I believe we are going to minimize the number of patients with repeated opioid prescriptions and even potentially with opioid dependence and overdose.”

Read article – Jeffrey Parsonnet, professor of medicine, who manages Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s treatment program for COVID patients with symptoms that persist for 12 weeks or longer, is quoted in an article on COVID long-haulers. In discussing how many of his patients have become disabled by the disease, he says, “When they work more than that…the next day they pay for it and they are totally exhausted.”