Read article – Quotes Judy Rees, associate professor of epidemiology and of community and family medicine, in a news brief about a COVID-19 survey she led with colleagues from Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire that examined isolation practices in households. The survey found that just half of the households questioned had been “completely symptom-free during the past four weeks” but that when a person does show symptoms, other family members usually do not isolate them. (Similar coverage in the Valley News and NHPR.)

Read article – Quotes Jamie Doss, Geisel ’21, in a feature story about how he and his spouse Jenna-Lee Doss, are preparing for their second child during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jenna-Lee and other expectant mothers in this time have to alter their birth and postpartum plans to adapt to social distancing measures.

Read article – Quotes Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, in a feature story about a self-help tool he and fellow researchers developed to battle emotional stress and stay sane while in confinement. The tools they developed are free and available to the public as millions of Americans are being asked to self-isolate and government-mandated stay-at-home orders take effect. (Picked up byMyCentralOregon.com. Similar coverage in Kaiser Health News.)

Read article – A blog post co-authored by Stephanie Tomlin, director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice’s Data and Analytic Core; Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of community family medicine; and James Weinstein, the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor Emeritus, in which they discuss a collaboration between Microsoft Healthcare NeXT and Dartmouth Atlas Project researchers aimed at measuring the risk of severe COVID-19 across regions of the U.S.

Read article – An opinion piece co-authored by Manish Mishra, clinical assistant professor of community and family medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and William Padua from the University of Southern California, in which they discuss how a voluntary draft of health care workers could put unemployed people back to work, ensure that they have adequate health care coverage, and prevent avoidable deaths caused by COVID-19.

Read article – Quotes Stewart Tepper, professor of neurology, in a feature story about a year-long extension of a previous 12-week double-blind treatment study, which showed sustained efficacy of erenumab for the treatment of chronic migraines. “This year-long, prospective study suggests that erenumab maintains effectiveness, is very well tolerated, and the trial is reassuring in that no new safety concerns emerged,” said Tepper, who led the study.

Read article – Cites data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care and Microsoft in an article about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting vulnerable populations in Detroit.

Read article – A column highlighting the work of New Hampshire state epidemiologist Benjamin Chan, MPH ’13, alongside New Hampshire’s governor during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read article – An article about a webinar on COVID-19 sponsored by the Geisel School of Medicine which featured Daniel Lucey, an expert in international epidemics. The webinar was co-sponsored by the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Thayer School of Engineering, Tuck School of Business, and the Dartmouth College Office of Alumni Relations.