The global COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to stem its transmission highlights the essential role of behavioral medicine in contemporary healthcare. As a result, the Annals of Behavioral Medicine instituted a COVID-19 rapid review process in mid-April to bring new knowledge to publication. This editorial describes the first two papers accepted through this mechanism and issues a broader call to recognize the human element in transmission and mitigation, and for behavioral medicine to play a central role in all phases of research, care, and public messaging.

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COVID-19时代的行为医学：黄金时代的黎明。

全球COVID-19大流行和阻止其传播的努力凸显了行为医学在当代医疗保健中的重要作用。结果，《行为医学年鉴》在4月中旬建立了COVID-19快速审查程序，以使新知识得以发表。这篇社论描述了通过该机制接受的前两篇论文，并发出了广泛的号召，以认识到传播和缓解中的人为因素，并使行为医学在研究，护理和公共信息传递的所有阶段都发挥核心作用。