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June 26, 2024
President Biden’s executive order to protect immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation “benefits American families and protects the rights of U.S. citizens to marry the person they love, keep their families together and even live in their own country. Beyond helping families, this change will have far-reaching economic benefits for the communities — and country — where they live,” co-wrote Kristina Fullerton Rico, predoctoral fellow at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Center for Racial Justice.
Yahoo News U.K. -
June 26, 2024
“Patient-centered reporting requirements are (a) way of ensuring that those who experience racism and other forms of discrimination during obstetric care are heard. Racism is what the patient says it is and hospital systems must attend to those experiences,” said Emily Dove-Medows, assistant professor of nursing.
Michigan Advance -
June 26, 2024
“The medications used for abortion are safer than a lot of the medicines we use every day for other things — that was really shocking to me. As far as riskiness goes, it’s pretty small potatoes compared to some other things we learn in clinical practice every day,” said Allison Ruff, clinical associate professor of internal medicine.
National Public Radio -
June 26, 2024
Americans are more divided by their level of involvement in politics than by which party they belong to, says Yanna Krupnikov, professor of communication and media: “What we found really surprising is that on a number of issues … there was actually less division between uninvolved Democrats and Republicans than within (their) party by the extent to which people were involved in politics.”
The New York Times -
June 26, 2024
“Abortion restrictions not only affect young people who become pregnant or seek an abortion. These restrictions are affecting how young people think about voting, where they should choose to live, study and work, and how to control their fertility. Abortion restrictions may also have serious impacts on young people’s mental health,” said Julie Maslowsky, associate professor of nursing.
Fast Company -
June 19, 2024
“I get upset when I see that some people of my generation, particularly lesbians in my generation, aren’t sympathetic to the trans movement or feel that it’s marginalizing lesbians and queer women. Lesbians are marginalized, but it’s not because of the trans movement,” said Holly Hughes, professor of theatre and drama.
Hyperallergic -
June 19, 2024
“In today’s modern world, we (have) more pleasures than our ancestors did readily available. All kinds of things from foods to cultural things to all kinds of life enrichment. … (That) means that we have a brain wired to seek rare pleasures and we are now pursuing frequent multiple pleasures. We can be caught up in that very easily,” said Kent Berridge, professor of psychology.
National Public Radio -
June 19, 2024
“It’s clear that there’s something going on. I think the wastewater is really telling us that we actually are seeing more activity for H5 (influenza A virus) than other places are. Now as for why, that is a fascinating question. I don’t feel like we have a handle on it yet,” said Marisa Eisenberg, associate professor of epidemiology, complex systems and mathematics.
Detroit Free Press -
June 19, 2024
“The memories that are formed prior to sleep deprivation will not undergo the same memory processing as those before sleep. Other studies have previously shown that such memories won’t be remembered in the same way,” said Kamran Diba, associate professor of anesthesiology, whose research suggests that not getting enough sleep might permanently disrupt the formation and retrieval of waking memories.
Newsweek -
June 19, 2024
Because complications arising from taking mifepristone closely mimic those of a natural miscarriage, women in anti-abortion states may be protected from prosecution, says Lee Roosevelt, clinical associate professor of nursing. The medication also doesn’t show up in the bloodstream, making it challenging for doctors to prove whether patients have taken it unless they disclose it themselves, she says.
The Washington Post
