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April 4, 2023
“Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, it’s just good policy to promote access to services that have been proven to prevent diseases or to detect conditions while they’re still treatable. Maybe we’re naïve, but we’re hoping that the parties can put aside their differences and put an end to a lawsuit that could jeopardize the health of millions of Americans,” co-wrote Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, and A. Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine and of health management and policy, and director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design.
Health Affairs -
April 4, 2023
“It is a good reminder that no one is above the law, even a former president. We always say that, but I guess it’s gratifying to see that it’s true,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law, on the criminal indictment of former President Trump.
The Christian Science Monitor -
April 4, 2023
“There’s a lot of secrecy about all of these surveillance technologies and the ways that they’re used. … Even when the tool works as intended, if the underlying data is flawed it can still harm innocent people,” said Molly Kleinman, managing director of the Ford School’s Science, Technology and Public Policy program, about the wrongful arrest of a suspect based on a bad facial recognition match.
The New York Times -
April 3, 2023
Accounts of Indigenous people consuming rotten meat provide a valuable window into a way of life that existed long before Western industrialization and the war against germs went global, says John Speth, professor emeritus of anthropology: “A gold mine of ethnohistorical accounts makes it clear that the revulsion Westerners feel toward putrid meat and maggots is not hardwired in our genome but is instead culturally learned.”
Science News -
April 3, 2023
The impulse behind the rise in pay-it-forward movements, where travelers pass on free stuff at the end of a trip by sharing its location on social media, has been around since “there have been people on earth,” said Wayne Baker, professor of management and organizations. The difference now? Social media. “It can be very well-organized and be a much broader network of people involved in it,” he said.
The Wall Street Journal -
April 3, 2023
“This is concerning news for nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security worldwide. … START treaties over the years have served the goal of verifying the nuclear weapons stockpiles, through mutual inspections,” said Sara Pozzi, nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, on the recent refusal by Russia and the U.S. to share information about their nuclear weapons.
Newsweek -
March 31, 2023
Women with multiple sclerosis are more likely than those without MS to report sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia and sleepiness, according to research by Tiffany Braley and Galit Levi Dunietz, associate professors of neurology. “Sleep disorders have gained substantial recognition for their role in cognitive decline, which affects up to 70% of people with multiple sclerosis,” Braley said.
UPI -
March 31, 2023
Jeffrey Veidlinger, professor of history and Judaic studies, says a recent Michigan Republican Party social media post linking the Holocaust to gun control was not only offensive but factually wrong: “(Disarming) Jews was not the first thing the Nazis did. They had already stripped Jews of citizenship and barred Jews from professional service, barred Jews from medicine and dentistry and schools.”
Michigan Advance -
March 31, 2023
“If you ask me, it’s one of the biggest health successes of the century. Once you start smoking, you’re more likely to move on to other drugs,” said Richard Miech, research professor at the Institute for Social Research, on the success of a national anti-smoking campaign 25 years ago that seeded a dramatic decline in teen smoking and tamped down teen drug use.
The Hill -
March 30, 2023
“There’s been a very concerted, ongoing effort with very strong media behind it to convince people that there are enemies in the public sector, undercutting their own democracy and working against the interests of the people,” said Tom Ivacko, executive director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy.
Wisconsin Public Radio
