“I
really
hoped
that
I
had
malaria.”
—
Kent
Brantly,
MD,
who
served
as
medical
director
of
an
Ebola
treatment
unit
in
Liberia,
recalling
the
moment
he
realized
he
had
contracted
Ebola.
“We’re
weeks
and
weeks
and
weeks
behind,
which
is
unheard
of
pre-Trump
administration.”
—
Becky
Smullin
Dawson,
PhD,
MPH,
of
Allegheny
College
in
Meadville,
Pennsylvania,
addressing
delayed
federal
investigations
into
nationwide
cyclosporiasis
clusters.
“What
worked
really
well
in
this
case
was
that
the
patient
kept
coming
back.”
—
Lulu
Wang,
MD,
of
MedStar
Health
in
Washington,
D.C.,
reflecting
on
a
complex
diagnosis
made
on
a
patient’s
third
healthcare
visit
for
persistent
hiccups.
“Suicidal
behavior
does
not
occur
in
a
social
vacuum.”
—
Kimberly
Mitchell,
PhD,
of
the
University
of
New
Hampshire
in
Durham,
on
data
suggesting
peer
contagion
in
adolescent
and
young
adult
suicide
attempts.
“This
study
adds
another
piece
to
a
large
and
complex
puzzle.”
—
Haleigh
Cavalier,
PhD,
MPH,
of
NYU
Langone
Health
in
New
York
City,
on
research
finding
no
link
between
low-level
prenatal
pesticide
exposure
and
autism-related
traits
in
children.
“We
really
need
to
have
compassion.”
—
Nancy
Byatt,
DO,
MS,
MBA,
of
the
UMass
Chan
Medical
School
in
Shrewsbury,
on
overcoming
stigma
when
treating
postpartum
psychosis.
“The
dollars
would
have
to
come
out
of
their
own
pocket
or
their
own
non-research
funds
to
pay
to
publish
their
work.”
—
Cary
Gross,
MD,
of
Yale,
and
an
associate
editor
of
JAMA
Internal
Medicine,
on
potential
costs
for
researchers
in
order
to
comply
with
the
NIH’s
new
rule
requiring
manuscripts
to
be
publicly
available
as
soon
as
they
are
published.
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