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June 22, 2022
“Women seem to be particularly vulnerable when exposed to these chemicals,” said Ning Ding, research fellow in epidemiology, whose research found a link between PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and high blood pressure in middle-aged women — adding to the long list of health risks associated with the man-made pollutants.
The Washington Post -
June 15, 2022
“Traditionally, the drug development process takes a decade, and we just do not have a decade. The therapies we discovered are well positioned for Phase II clinical trials because their safety has already been established,” said Jonathan Sexton, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry at the College of Pharmacy, whose research team used artificial intelligence to identify 17 existing drugs that could kill SARS-CoV-2 cells.
VentureBeat -
June 15, 2022
Andries Coetzee, professor of linguistics and director of the African Studies Center, says European airline Ryanair’s requirement that South African customers prove their citizenship by taking a written test in Afrikaans is “colonial, discriminatory and just unjustified. … If you are a Black citizen of South Africa who came of age and went to school after 1994, chances are that you don’t know Afrikaans because you don’t have to know Afrikaans.”
The Washington Post -
June 15, 2022
“Correcting for overall prices in the economy, gasoline prices are not that high right now … they are actually lower than they were 10 years ago,” said Catherine Hausman, associate professor of public policy. “(But) if you’re a worker who’s seen inflation across lots of different aspects of your life … the fact that these are parallel with high prices in lots of other places in the economy is totally cold comfort.”
Bloomberg (starts at 13:53) -
June 15, 2022
As worrying as it is to raise children in an era of mass shootings, parents should try not to transfer their anxiety to them, says Marc Zimmerman, professor of public health and co-director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention: “Don’t be afraid. If we’re living an afraid life, that just creates anxiety, and anxiety creates all sorts of other problems.”
NBC News -
June 15, 2022
Fierce inflation is taking a heavy toll on consumer confidence as the U-M Index of Consumer Sentiment has fallen to a 50-year low, says Joanne Hsu, director of the Surveys of Consumers: “Overall, gas prices weighed heavily on consumers, which was no surprise given the 65-cent increase in national gas prices from last month.”
CBS News -
June 8, 2022
“As we wait for the outcome of the Supreme Court’s upcoming abortion decision, I am planning ahead for all of the ways the health care landscape in Michigan may dramatically shift,” wrote Lisa Harris, professor of obstetrics and gynecology. “Those who view abortion exclusively as a political or partisan issue … will soon see that abortion care, or lack thereof, is a health care and health equity issue that impacts everyone.”
Detroit Free Press -
June 8, 2022
“The action plan to reduce the size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone was established over 20 years ago, yet this year’s forecast is comparable to the 35-year average zone,” said Don Scavia, professor emeritus of environment and sustainability. “Clearly, the federal and state agencies and Congress continue to prioritize industrial agriculture over water quality.”
The Associated Press -
June 8, 2022
“It’s not about sexlessness. It’s all of the infrastructure that goes into the healthy maintenance of a multigenerational household,” said Jennifer Robertson, professor emerita of anthropology and art history, on falling Japanese birthrates. “The state is very conservative and wants to maintain the heteronormativity of marriage and this pink-and-blue, binary system of the sexual and gendered division of labor. Until that changes, they’re going to be suffering from the huge expense of maintaining an elderly population.”
The Washington Post -
June 8, 2022
Russia’s assault on Ukraine is disrupting the supplies of nitrous oxide and helium, used in millions of medical procedures each day. “The shortages we are experiencing now have been years in the making and are therefore a surprise to no one,” said Wally Hopp, professor of technology and operations, and industrial and operations engineering. “But now (the U.S.) can only scramble to cope with the crisis with the health of American citizens at stake.”
Fortune
