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May 20, 2022
LaDonna Hendricks-Sparrow, clinical instructor of pediatrics, says the nationwide baby formula shortage may push parents to switch brands: “Generally speaking, if you have a baby who’s on a standard cow’s milk-based formula, switching formula brands is generally not an issue. As the formulas get more specialized for babies who have special needs … those become more challenging to find alternatives for.”
Detroit Free Press -
May 20, 2022
“The U.S. does not protect your information just because it’s related to your health,” said Kayte Spector-Bagdady, associate director at the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology. “It only protects your health information that’s collected by your doctor or your hospital or your health plan. And if you are putting health information into somewhere other than a clinician’s form, in a clinic, it might not be protected.”
Bloomberg Law -
May 20, 2022
“(It’s) important to think about our educational system and the ways in which we educate young people to understand the importance and value of diversity … that we all lose when we operate in an environment of hate,” said Celeste Watkins-Hayes, professor of public policy and sociology. “There’s much to gain by celebrating our diversity … thinking about how opportunity can be expanded and how we can work on being a better society.”
Australian Broadcast Corporation -
May 19, 2022
COVID-19 cases in Michigan are up because the latest subvariant is so contagious and people are having much more contact with one another, says Laraine Washer, clinical professor of internal medicine and infectious diseases: “In Michigan at least, there’s much less mask wearing. There’s more interaction, and so more opportunity for a highly contagious subvariant to spread … with these subvariants, reinfection is possible.”
CBC (Canada) -
May 19, 2022
“We need to have conversations with our children at the dinner table, in our schools, in our mentoring groups, to let them know that all lives have human value, and that we should not dehumanize the lives of Black and Brown and Asian folk,” said Riana Anderson, assistant professor of health behavior and health education.
WDIV/Detroit -
May 19, 2022
“This is gonna be a shot in the arm for a lot of the pro-reproductive rights organizations. I don’t know whether or not there’ll be a counter-mobilization that’s really going to work for the anti-abortion groups,” said Richard Hall, professor of political science and public policy, on the surge in donations to abortion rights groups and mobilization of pro-choice voters.
USA Today -
May 18, 2022
Leaders of Michigan communities overwhelmingly agree recycling remains important, but they face challenges to implement recycling programs for their residents, says Debra Horner, project manager at the Michigan Public Policy Survey program: “Finding ways to bring — to concierge — to hold their hand and to say, ‘These are the steps you need to take,’ and be very explicit about that. I think that’s really going to help move the needle for a lot of these places.”
MLive -
May 18, 2022
“It’s a phenomenal achievement. Now we have two of these supermassive black holes that we can image directly and the path is open for us to image many more of these systems in the coming decades,” said Mark Reynolds, associate research scientist in astronomy, who helped the Event Horizon Telescope project find the Sagittarius A* — a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Bridge Michigan -
May 18, 2022
Over the past decade, spending on financial aid has increased an average of 11% a year at U-M. “We know from so much research that affordability is a key aspect of academic success. You can’t have the graduation rates that we have without the support for financial aid,” said Amy Dittmar, senior vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs and professor of finance.
Money -
May 17, 2022
“What was omicron in January is not what omicron is now. There have been these changes with omicron that have fine-tuned what it does, and some of them are better able to spread than the original omicron,” said Adam Lauring, associate professor of microbiology and immunology. Emily Martin, associate professor of epidemiology, said COVID-19 might continue to mutate, but “it’s the same virus, and it’s spreading worldwide and we are still going to have to watch it and be prepared to respond.”
Detroit Free Press
