News
This page lists news, interviews and events that are not connected to pandemic A/H1N1 influenza. Find a list of interviews, commentaries and editorials on the 2009-2010 influenza pandemic here.
2009
Dr. Markel was quoted recently in The Atlantic. The article, "Is the Vaccine Necessary," asks whether flu vaccinations really do dramatically reduce mortality. Dr. Markel commented on the value of social distancing, such as quarantine and school closures, as an effective means for slowing the spread of flu. (November 2009)
In a Web article posted by MedPage Today, Dr. Markel commented on a new study that found an association between in utero exposure to the 1918 influenza and subsequent heart disease. Dr. Markel pointed out that there was no definitive proof of cause and effect. (September 30)
Dr. Markel was quoted in a JAMA column 'Perspectives,' which examined the outlook for Chagas Disease, first linked to a new species of parasite 100 years ago. (September 9)
In a Portland Tribune interview, Dr. Markel explains how the Oregon city fared in 1918-19 when 162 days of nonpharmaceutical interventions eroded confidence in the city's public health strategies. (August 27)
Dr. Markel published an essay in JAMA on Dr. William Beaumont's now-famous digestive research on 19th century Mackinac Island. (August 19)
Read Dr. Markel's New York Times essay on House of God, the satiric novel about the rigors of life as an intern 30 years ago. (August 18)
Dr. Markel comments on bubonic plague and six other ancient diseases in an ABC News article published on line. (August 14)
Dr. Markel comments to ABC News about a Chinese town quarantined for bubonic plague. (August 11)
Read Dr. Markel's comments in an Irish Times article on the role of the individual during an infectious disease outbreak. (February 17)
2008
Drs. Markel and Stern’s influenza research cited by the United Nations and World Bank as one of the most insightful retrospective studies published in 2008. Read the U.N./World Bank's Fourth Annual Progress Report on Responses to Avian Influenza and Pandemic here. (October 15)
Drs. Stern and Markel's article Influenza Pandemic in The Hastings Center's: From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns. (October)
Read Dr. Markel's ABCNews interview on the historical background of words we use to describe infectious diseases. (October 25)
Dr. Markel elected to the Institute of Medicine (October 13 press release)
Listen to Dr. Markel on NPR's All Things Considered - How Healthy Are The Candidates? (September 30)
Drs. Markel and Stern receive prestigious Robert Wood Johnson foundation award. (July 14 press release)
Drs. Markel and Stern published a commentary in JAMA on presidential health assessments. (June 4)
Dr. Markel interviewed by Michigan Public Radio on assessing the health of presidents. (June 3)
Dr. Markel published a commentary in the New York Times on court-ordered monitoring devices on people struggling with substance abuse. (May 6)
Britain’s The Observer interviewed Dr. Markel on Americans' abuse of prescription drugs. (February 10)
In a USA Today article on seasonal influenza, Dr. Markel described people’s pre-germ theory understanding that certain illnesses spread in crowded conditions. (January 14)
Read Dr. Markel’s New York Times commentary on the history of parental visitation in American hospitals. (January 1)
2007
Dr. Stern interviewed by California Public Radio. The California Report: Removing Goethe's Name (December 31)
Dr. Markel wins the Theodore Woodward Award of the American Clinical and Climatological Association for 2007.
Dr. Stern wins Thornbrough Award for best article in the Indiana Magazine of History for We Cannot Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Ear - Eugenics in the Hoosier Heartland. (March)