Michigan in the news

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  “It’s interesting to think about how this would potentially impact the survival of these caterpillars, when they’re crowded onto plants. The amount of milkweed is decreasing. This may become a bigger issue,” said D. André Green, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, commenting on research that found that before metamorphosis, monarch butterflies will aggressively head butt each other for access to their favorite food.

  The New York Times
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  Research by Daphna Stroumsa, clinical lecturer in obstetrics and gynecology, and colleagues found that close to 1 in 10 of the estimated 1.4 million transgender adults in the U.S. are likely using hormones that weren’t prescribed because they’re uninsured or their insurance won’t cover it: “Health care systems and physicians and health care providers have so often failed trans people, either with direct discrimination or ignorance of trans people’s health care needs. We need to fix that.”

  CNN
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  The number of women with suicidal thoughts after giving birth has dramatically increased since 2006, with the biggest spikes among mothers who are Black, lower income or younger, according to research by Lindsay Admon, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Kara Zivin, professor of psychiatry, and health management and policy, and colleagues. “This is more important than ever in the COVID-19 era. The postpartum isolation people feel will have been compounded by this epidemic,” Admon said.

  USA Today