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May 25, 2022
“Because water safety is such an important facet of overall health, even the thought of any measurable (lead) contamination can reasonably spark community anxiety and create a stressful learning environment for a community’s youngest residents,” wrote Brian Jacob, professor of education, economics and public policy, and Samuel Owusu, research analyst at the Ford School of Public Policy, whose research shows that Flint students’ math achievement decreased after the city began using the Flint River for drinking water.
MLive -
May 25, 2022
“When I saw these manuscripts, the first thing I thought was, ‘This is a chance to finally hear what this music sounded like,'” said Patricia Hall, professor of music theory, who discovered archived manuscripts of songs performed by prisoner orchestras at Auschwitz-Birkenau during World War II. “This music was punitive, so they had to stay exactly in step to these marches or they would be beaten.”
Michigan Radio -
May 25, 2022
“From what we know about mass shooters, they tend to pick targets that allow them the best chance of success. The combination of target vulnerability plus attack capability plus perceived impact usually drives how these events unfold, although there is no clean scientific or mathematical algorithm that can precisely determine when and how attacks happen,” said Javed Ali, clinical associate professor of public policy.
CNN -
May 25, 2022
Hypothetically, wearing something tight around the abdomen could make one feel fuller faster, thus limiting their calorie intake, but “there is no scientific evidence and very limited, if any, data that waist trainers actually contribute to weight loss,” said Amy Rothberg, professor of internal medicine and director of the U-M Weight Management Program.
The New York Times -
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.
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