William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, continues to be one of the most in-demand sources about RSV, COVID-19, influenza and other subjects in the news. Among the news organizations he has spoken with recently: Prevention, Bloomberg, WebMD and Al Jazeera.
James Jackson, PsyD, was interviewed by The Washington Post writer Lenny Bernstein about the aftereffects of ICU care. The conversation was sparked by Senator John Fetterman being treated for depression after a hospital stay due to a stroke.
Reporters for Time and The Washington Post interviewed Ryan Darby, MD, director of the Frontotemporal Dementia Clinic, about frontotemporal dementia in light of Bruce Willis’s diagnosis. Topices included how FTD differs from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and what the latest treatments are.
Reporters continue to interview Kelsie Full, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, for stories about her Journal of the American Heart Association study that found sleep irregularity — chronically disrupted sleep and highly variable sleep durations night after night — may increase the risk for heart disease. Recent news organizations posting stories quoting Full include Prevention, Pharmacy Times and Utah’s Deseret News.