Los Angeles Times – Quotes Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Economics, on the successes of the Mayo Clinic, and mentions a Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care finding that the United States could save up to $50 billion annually on end-of-life care by excising waste and unnecessary care.

The Olympian via Associated Press – Discusses research led by Stephen Bartels, director of the Centers for Health and Aging, on obesity among people with mental illnesses.

Valley News – Discusses the merging of the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science into the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and quotes Director of the Dartmouth Institute Elliott Fisher, and Director of the Dartmouth Center Albert Mulley, who states, “I really do believe that Dartmouth has a distinct understanding of health care that can really…benefit people in the U.S. and the world.”

NPR – Cites research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care on the rates of hospice use throughout the United States.

The Conversation – U.S. – A column by Associate Professor of Medicine Tim Lahey debunking claims of HIV cures made by different scientists in recent years.

Concord Monitor via Associated Press – Associate Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Talbot has returned from Sierra Leone where she spent five weeks training medical workers how to avoid the Ebola virus. Talbot is quoted on her self-imposed quarantine.

Vox – Cites research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which looked at how spending in medical care varies by region, and quotes Director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Elliott Fisher on doctors’ practice patterns.

Bloomberg – Professor of Medicine Konstantin Dragnev comments on the effects of new drugs that have improved treatment for lung cancer.

The Science Times – Continued coverage on the recent study led by Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Samir Soneji, and published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, which found that teens who had smoked water pipe tobacco were at increased risk of cigarette smoking after two years.

WMUR – Associate Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Talbot speaks out about anxieties concerning her return to New London from West Africa, where she worked to control the Ebola outbreak.