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May 3, 2023
“Wars don’t usually make for easy peace. It’s unclear if either of these two generals will back down without an actual victory on the ground, and that’s the terrifying part,” said Susan Page, professor of practice in international diplomacy and law, on the fighting between Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
NewsNation -
May 2, 2023
“There are a lot of lessons that can be learned from influenza vaccination, where the strains that are included … can change from year to year, and that could potentially be the case here for a COVID booster as well,” said Lisa Prosser, professor of pediatrics and health management and policy. But setting a regular booster schedule might not be sustainable, as “one of the big differences between COVID and the flu is that seasonality has not yet been clearly established,” said Arnold Monto, professor emeritus of epidemiology.
Smithsonian Magazine -
May 2, 2023
“Surveys can be valuable even if they’re not nationally representative, but you have to design them for that purpose and be honest about what you have,” said Arthur Lupia, professor of political science, who would like to see pollsters develop a disclosure similar to the nutrition-facts label, with information about how heavily weighting was used, whether certain groups were more or less likely to respond and so on.
The Wall Street Journal -
May 2, 2023
Research by Raven Garvey, associate professor of anthropology, suggests that partially digested vegetable matter found in the stomachs of bison and other herbivores was an important source of calories and nutrients for early human foragers. “Failure to account for this underappreciated resource could have important consequences in studies that address major questions in evolutionary anthropology,” she said.
Archaeology -
May 1, 2023
“I think last year during the peak of inflation, consumers understood that supply chains were really putting a lot of upward pressure on prices. A lot of those supply chain constraints have eased since then,” said Joanne Hsu, director of the U-M Surveys of Consumers. “And so consumers are continuing to be very frustrated that prices remain so incredibly high.”
Marketplace -
May 1, 2023
“There is a trade-off in allowing too long of a transition period. You’re allowing risks that you’ve identified to go unaddressed for a longer period of time to give the industry time to adapt,” said Jeremy Kress, assistant professor of business law, commenting on the prospect of giving banks a long runway to comply with tougher capital rules.
Financial Times -
May 1, 2023
“What I find troubling is the ease with which history can be rewritten with digitally distributed works. There may be good reasons for edits in some cases, but from the perspective of cultural preservation, media criticism and historical context, it’s a troubling trend,” said Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law, on whether to change books, films and television shows to make them more palatable to contemporary sensibilities.
The New York Times -
April 28, 2023
“Opioids may be prescribed at a higher rate for this population, but if it is not very effective at managing their types of pain, the risk-benefit ratio of opioid therapy seems unfavorably lopsided,” said Daniel Whitney, who, along with fellow professors of physical medicine and rehabilitation Mark Peterson and Edward Hurvitz, found that opioids may not be as helpful for individuals with cerebral palsy because their pain is complex.
U.S. News & World Report -
April 28, 2023
“She truly did get a raw deal. Everyone likes to receive proper credit for their work. Everyone should care enough about their colleagues to ensure the process of fair play,” said Howard Markel, professor and director of the Center for the History of Medicine, about the overlooked role that British chemist Rosalind Franklin played in the discovery of DNA in the 1950s.
The New York Times -
April 28, 2023
Michigan Medicine’s Green Anesthesia Initiative encourages anesthesiologists to use a more environmentally friendly gas rather than nitrous oxide when possible. “When we replace the nitrous oxide with sevoflurane, we found that equivalent CO2 emissions drop dramatically,” said David Hovord, assistant professor of anesthesiology.
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