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  • MacAfee Comments to Seven Days on Misinformation by Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
    July 27, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (JULY 27, 2022) Lauren MacAfee, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, commented to Seven Days on “blatant misinformation” dispensed at certain innocuously labeled “pregnancy resource centers.”
    Read full story at Seven Days
  • Knowridge Reports on Plante Study of ‘Stiff-Heart’ Patients and Beta-Blockers
    July 27, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (JULY 27, 2022) A recent study by Timothy Plante, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, and colleagues found that so-called stiff-heart heart failure accounts for about half of all cases; in addition, most stiff-heart patients take beta-blocker medications despite unclear benefits from their regular use, according to Knowridge Science Report.
    Read full story at Knowridge Science Report
  • Lahey Discusses Monkeypox Viral Transmission on Vermont Public
    July 27, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (JULY 27, 2022) Professor of Medicine Tim Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., said in a story on Vermont Public that "it’s just a matter of time" before the monkeypox virus is found in the Green Mountain State.
  • Health Magazine Quotes Carney on Staying Safe in Extreme Heat
    July 27, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (JULY 27, 2022) In this summer of increasingly dangerous and even record-breaking heat waves, Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., offered potentially life-saving guidance on how to prepare for and adapt to extreme heat in an article in “Health” magazine.
  • Bruce Comments on COVID Infectiousness in Nature News Article
    July 26, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (JULY 26, 2022) Emily Bruce, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, was one of several experts interviewed for a news story in the journal “Nature” on what scientists know so far about COVID-19 infectiousness.

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