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January 6, 2022
Black women have a 44 percent chance of experiencing harmful health events more than six weeks postpartum compared to white women, who have a 29 percent risk, say Lindsay Admon, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Kara Zivin, professor of psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and health management and policy. “We need to acknowledge that recovery from childbirth and associated health issues can develop much later than the period of time that we’ve historically focused on,” Admon said.
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January 6, 2022
“‘Do your own research’ … may seem to be sound advice … but in practice the idea that people should investigate topics on their own, instinctively skeptical of expert opinion, is often misguided,” co-wrote David Dunning, professor of psychology. “If you are going to do your own research, the research you should do first is on how best to do your own research.”
The New York Times -
January 5, 2022
The siting of polluting industry near poorer people of color has deep roots in America’s troubled racial past, says Paul Mohai, professor of environment and sustainability: “We’ve had hundreds of years of slavery, quickly followed by Jim Crow and other discriminatory laws. We’ve had housing segregation, we’ve had redlining. … We need actual legislation to put teeth into environmental justice policy.”
Detroit Free Press -
January 5, 2022
Research by Erin Carlton, assistant professor of pediatrics, and colleagues found that two-thirds of young children who had ICU care for a critical illness missed an average of two weeks of school during the six months after discharge: “Missing that much school puts children at risk of worse academic achievements and other poor health outcomes later in life. Their families may also be at increased risk of economic hardship.”
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January 5, 2022
“These fires are different from most of the fires we’ve been seeing across the West, in the sense that they’re grass fires and they’re occurring in the winter. Ultimately, things are going to continue to get worse unless we stop climate change,” said Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability, on the recent fires along Colorado’s Front Range.
The Washington Post -
December 20, 2021
As production costs rise, companies pass the costs on to consumers by raising prices or by shrinking the contents of a product to maintain the same price. Even though “shrinkflation can feel sneaky, it’s not unethical,” said Scott Rick, associate professor of marketing. “Just because a box of Cheerios is $4 today, it’s not an eternal commitment to always sell that amount of cereal for that price forever.”
MarketWatch -
December 20, 2021
Stress about the pandemic may be eclipsing holiday joy for many older Americans, says Lindsay Kobayashi, assistant professor of epidemiology: “The clear differences in ability to find joy during these times, and in experiences of stress, based on health status, shows the importance of focusing on those in poor health. But for all older adults, we know that alterations in daily life impact emotional and mental health, so finding safe ways to enjoy favorite activities is important.”
U.S. News & World Report -
December 20, 2021
Early in the pandemic, Srijan Sen, professor of psychiatry, saw an unexpected drop in depression among health care workers, which he attributed to them having a sense of community and purpose. But as the pandemic has dragged on, he says, they have become more anguished and fatigued, as they wrestle with “a level of vigilance and concern that maybe was sustainable for two weeks or two months, but not for two years.”
The New York Times -
December 17, 2021
“Governments always think it is in their ability to quickly stop inflation and they never can,” said economist Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers, noting that three presidents in the 1960s and ’70s thought they had recipes to bring inflation down: Lyndon B. Johnson imposed a surtax on income, Richard Nixon resorted to wage and price controls, and Jimmy Carter went on TV to ask Americans to consume less.
The New York Times -
December 17, 2021
“The study underscores the importance of the conservation community working early and collaboratively with land planners, energy developers and engineers to eliminate or reduce the impacts of dams on terrestrial species before it is too late,” said Neil Carter, assistant professor of environment and sustainability, on research that shows the destructive impact global expansion of hydroelectric dams has had on the habitats of tigers and jaguars.
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