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post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-cancer category-cardiology-heart-disease category-covid-19 category-patient-care category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-vf tag-1934 tag-news-home tag-physician-stories h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AdobeStock_214403831-520x260.jpeg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AdobeStock_214403831-520x260.jpeg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AdobeStock_214403831-1152x578.jpeg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/30/best-of-2020-stanford-medicines-top-podcasts/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Best of 2020: Stanford Medicine’s top podcasts</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> In 2020, contributing editor Paul Costello鈥檚 top podcasts reflect the challenges of the coronavirus and other timely health care issues. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>In 2020, contributing editor Paul Costello鈥檚 top podcasts reflect the challenges of the coronavirus and other timely health care issues. </p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/paulc1/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Paul Costello</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-30T08:40:00-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 30, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-02T14:08:26-08:00">February 2, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214800" class="post-214800 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-cancer category-covid-19 category-infectious-diseases category-medical-research tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NEW-MAG-2020-main-520x260.png" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/29/stanford-medicine-magazines-top-reads-of-2020/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Stanford Medicine magazine’s top reads of 2020</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Stanford Medicine magazine's most-read articles of 2020 were about COVID-19, grieving and chemo brain, a misunderstood side effect of chemotherapy. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Stanford Medicine magazine's most-read articles of 2020 were about COVID-19, grieving and chemo brain, a misunderstood side effect of chemotherapy.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/manishma/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Rosanne Spector</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-29T07:42:00-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 29, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-12-14T14:01:19-08:00">December 14, 2020</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214331" class="post-214331 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-medical-education category-surgery tag-news-home tag-physician-stories h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/surgery-sketch-1-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/surgery-sketch-1-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/surgery-sketch-1-600x300.jpg 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/surgery-sketch-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/surgery-sketch-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/surgery-sketch-1.jpg 1131w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/28/surgical-sketches-help-stanford-surgeon-practice-teach/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Surgical sketches help Stanford surgeon practice, teach</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Graeme Rosenberg's illustrations, shared in classes he teaches and on social media, are resonating with fellow surgeons at Stanford and beyond. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Graeme Rosenberg's illustrations, shared in classes he teaches and on social media, are resonating with fellow surgeons at Stanford and beyond.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/rebaker/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Rachel Baker</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-28T07:38:00-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 28, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-12-22T09:58:55-08:00">December 22, 2020</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-215001" class="post-215001 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-infectious-diseases category-patient-care tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SHC-nursing-video-screenshot-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SHC-nursing-video-screenshot-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SHC-nursing-video-screenshot-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/23/in-the-year-of-the-nurse-front-lines-take-on-pandemic/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">In the Year of the Nurse, front lines take on pandemic</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> In a short video, nurses from Stanford Health Care speak candidly about what the past months in the pandemic have been like and what it means to be a nurse. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>In a short video, nurses from Stanford Health Care speak candidly about what the past months in the pandemic have been like and what it means to be a nurse.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/amy2/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Amy Jeter Hansen</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-23T06:07:00-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 23, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-01-14T10:20:25-08:00">January 14, 2021</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-215112" class="post-215112 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-immunology category-infectious-diseases category-medical-research tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Vaccine-story-for-Blog-Bruce-520x260.jpeg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Vaccine-story-for-Blog-Bruce-520x260.jpeg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Vaccine-story-for-Blog-Bruce-1152x578.jpeg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/22/how-do-the-new-covid-19-vaccines-work/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">How do the new COVID-19 vaccines work?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are the first to use the RNA coding molecule to prompt our bodies to fight the virus. Here's how they work. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are the first to use the RNA coding molecule to prompt our bodies to fight the virus. Here's how they work. </p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/goldmanb/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Bruce Goldman</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-22T10:52:26-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 22, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-02-14T17:33:09-08:00">February 14, 2023</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214918" class="post-214918 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-medical-research category-neurobiology tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/brain-circuitry-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/brain-circuitry-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/brain-circuitry-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/18/mapping-how-the-brain-thinks-neuron-by-neuron/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Mapping how the brain thinks, neuron by neuron</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Stanford researchers have created a molecular probe designed to map how the brain works by tagging, recording and controlling functions of individual cells. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Stanford researchers have created a molecular probe designed to map how the brain works by tagging, recording and controlling functions of individual cells.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/tkubota/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Taylor Kubota</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-18T07:40:00-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 18, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-12-15T10:16:23-08:00">December 15, 2020</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-215055" class="post-215055 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-infectious-diseases category-medical-research tag-physician-stories h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Megan-video-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/16/how-one-stanford-physician-decided-to-get-the-covid-19-vaccine/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">How one Stanford physician decided to get the COVID-19 vaccine</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Stanford Health Care physician Megan Mahoney, MD, describes how conversations with family helped her decide to be among the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Stanford Health Care physician Megan Mahoney, MD, describes how conversations with family helped her decide to be among the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine. </p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/phannon/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Patricia Hannon</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-16T15:56:34-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 16, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-02-14T17:33:17-08:00">February 14, 2023</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214814" class="post-214814 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-epidemiology-population-health category-infectious-diseases category-patient-care tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Marilyn-Mar-Senior-CLS-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/16/lab-scientists-unseen-unsung-heroes-of-the-pandemic/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Lab scientists: Unseen, unsung heroes of the pandemic</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Lab scientists in the Stanford Clinical Virology Lab, processing thousands of samples a day, fight the coronavirus pandemic behind the scenes. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Lab scientists in the Stanford Clinical Virology Lab, processing thousands of samples a day, fight the coronavirus pandemic behind the scenes.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/merickso/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Mandy Erickson</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-16T08:19:51-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 16, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-03-22T15:15:18-07:00">March 22, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214698" class="post-214698 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-digitally-driven category-health-equity category-health-policy category-innovation-technology category-medical-research category-patient-care category-stanford-health-care tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-600x300.jpg 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/older-patient-telehealth-1-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/14/how-telehealth-has-exploded-during-the-pandemic-and-why-it-is-here-to-stay/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">How telehealth has exploded during the pandemic and why it is here to stay</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> In Stanford Medicine's Recover, Restore and Re-open framework, experts discuss how the shift to telehealth likely represents the new norm. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>In Stanford Medicine's Recover, Restore and Re-open framework, experts discuss how the shift to telehealth likely represents the new norm.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/harmitag/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Hanae Armitage</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-14T07:31:00-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 14, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-05-09T16:50:39-07:00">May 9, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214751" class="post-214751 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-epidemiology-population-health tag-news-home tag-physician-stories h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sam-Cheshier-2020-Issue-2-Original-Riccardo-Vecchio-scaled-e1607471631782-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sam-Cheshier-2020-Issue-2-Original-Riccardo-Vecchio-scaled-e1607471631782-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sam-Cheshier-2020-Issue-2-Original-Riccardo-Vecchio-scaled-e1607471631782-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/11/after-george-floyds-death-a-black-neurosurgeon-discusses-racism-despair-and-hope/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">After George Floyd’s death, a Black neurosurgeon discusses racism, despair and hope</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> For Black neurosurgeon Samuel Cheshier, George Floyd's killing confirmed that his country is racist; but the aftermath brought hope that change is possible. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>For Black neurosurgeon Samuel Cheshier, George Floyd's killing confirmed that his country is racist; but the aftermath brought hope that change is possible.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/manishma/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Rosanne Spector</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-11T07:31:00-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 11, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-03-22T15:15:18-07:00">March 22, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214749" class="post-214749 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-addiction category-patient-care category-psychiatry-mental-health category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Psychotherapy-Scope-Blog-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/10/prison-aha-moment-leads-to-research-into-mental-health-and-addiction/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Prison ‘aha’ moment leads to research into mental health and addiction</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Stanford researcher finds that inpatient psychiatric care helps long-term recovery rates for people with both mental illness and addiction. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Stanford researcher finds that inpatient psychiatric care helps long-term recovery rates for people with both mental illness and addiction.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/traciew/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Tracie White</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-10T08:46:55-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 10, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-02T14:10:39-08:00">February 2, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214410" class="post-214410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-epidemiology-population-health category-infectious-diseases tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bruno-neurath-wilson-YuDU0ZIzA34-unsplash-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bruno-neurath-wilson-YuDU0ZIzA34-unsplash-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bruno-neurath-wilson-YuDU0ZIzA34-unsplash-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/09/slogging-through-sewage-in-search-of-covid-19/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Slogging through sewage in search of COVID-19</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Environmental engineer Alexandria Boehm measures coronavirus in wastewater to determine if sewage testing can inform public health decisions about COVID-19. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Environmental engineer Alexandria Boehm measures coronavirus in wastewater to determine if sewage testing can inform public health decisions about COVID-19.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/merickso/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Mandy Erickson</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-09T08:23:59-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 9, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-03-22T15:15:19-07:00">March 22, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214603" class="post-214603 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-epidemiology-population-health category-health-equity category-health-policy category-infectious-diseases category-medical-research category-patient-care category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-600x300.jpg 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doctor-holding-patients-hand-1-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/08/covid-19-as-a-wake-up-call-for-creating-more-equitable-health-care/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">COVID-19 as a ‘wake-up call’ for creating more equitable health care</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Recover, Restore and Re-open, Stanford Medicine's framework for navigating the pandemic, addresses health disparities among racial groups. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Recover, Restore and Re-open, Stanford Medicine's framework for navigating the pandemic, addresses health disparities among racial groups.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/brian-conlin/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Brian Conlin</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-08T09:09:44-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 8, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-05-09T16:51:29-07:00">May 9, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214364" class="post-214364 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-innovation-technology category-medical-research tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/doc-telehealth-national-cancer-institute-1113-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/doc-telehealth-national-cancer-institute-1113-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/doc-telehealth-national-cancer-institute-1113-scaled-1152x578-1.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/07/running-clinical-trials-in-a-pandemic/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Running clinical trials in a pandemic</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Doctors and researchers are prioritizing a digital-first approach as they adapt clinical trials to the COVID-19 pandemic. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Doctors and researchers are prioritizing a digital-first approach as they adapt clinical trials to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/harmitag/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Hanae Armitage</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-07T09:33:19-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 7, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-04-14T17:50:37-07:00">April 14, 2023</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214629" class="post-214629 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-covid-19 category-global-health category-immunology category-medical-research tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Indian-Flying-Foxes-Photo-by-Charles-J.-Sharp-Sharp-Photography-copy-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/04/bat-borne-nipah-virus-could-help-explain-covid-19/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Bat-borne Nipah virus could help explain COVID-19</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Understanding similarities between the Nipah virus and COVID-19 could provide clues for avoiding future novel virus outbreaks. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Understanding similarities between the Nipah virus and COVID-19 could provide clues for avoiding future novel virus outbreaks. </p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/hollymac/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Holly MacCormick</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-12-04T08:09:55-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">December 4, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-02-14T17:23:31-08:00">February 14, 2023</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-214644" class="post-214644 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-innovation-technology category-patient-care tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/New-Stanford-Hospital-courtesy-of-SHC-520x260-1.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/New-Stanford-Hospital-courtesy-of-SHC-520x260-1.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/New-Stanford-Hospital-courtesy-of-SHC-1152x578-1.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/12/03/kudos-for-stanford-hospitals-many-technical-innovations/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Kudos for Stanford Hospital’s many technical innovations</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> A host of new technology at Stanford Hospital has earned the Healthcare and Life Sciences Eye on Innovation Award from Gartner, a research and advisory firm. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>A host of new technology at Stanford Hospital has earned the Healthcare and Life Sciences Eye on Innovation Award from Gartner, a research and advisory firm. </p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" 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