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May 12, 2021
“The fact that such a relatively apolitical behavior (vaccination) has become so politicized and connected to religion and ideology is really unique in our lifetime and has really challenged our ability to come up with messages and interventions,” said Kenneth Resnicow, professor of health behavior and health education, and of pediatrics.
Michigan Radio -
May 12, 2021
Ebony Parker-Featherstone, assistant professor of family medicine, and of obstetrics and gynecology, says women must prioritize their health: “When you as an individual are coming from a place of health, coming from a place of prioritizing self-care, that actually better positions you to help care for others and be successful in the other roles in which we all often operate.”
WEMU Radio -
May 11, 2021
Sturgeon “continue to grow and live fairly long lives, but normally you’re looking at a life expectancy around 60 or 80 years typically. Over 100 is unusual,” said James Diana, professor emeritus of environment and sustainability, after biologists reeled in a 240-pound fish from the Detroit River that probably hatched a century ago.
The Washington Post -
May 11, 2021
Daniil Manaenkov, an economist with the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, says several reasons explain the current worker shortage, including unemployment benefits: “A lot of people at the lower end of wage distributions are better off claiming unemployment benefit. … Would you rather work for $500 a week full time or stay at home for $400?”
Detroit Free Press -
May 11, 2021
The prospect of a waiver could be enough of a bargaining chip to get drug companies to share information with other manufacturers on how to make COVID-19 vaccines safely and effectively, says Nicholson Price, professor of law: “I could imagine the wheels being greased a little bit if this is something that’s on the table now, that I think the pharmaceutical industry reasonably thought was effectively off the table until pretty recently.”
Marketplace -
May 10, 2021
“I think there may be changes to come, but I don’t see it as a big asteroid landing on the field of philanthropy as some of the hyperbole around this has indicated,” said Megan Tompkins-Stange, assistant professor of public policy, on the impact Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce will have on the mission of their charitable foundation.
The New York Times -
May 10, 2021
About one in four adolescents say they have had a concussion, up from about 20 percent five years ago, according to research by Philip Veliz, research assistant professor of nursing, and colleagues: “We found self-reported concussions could be increasing given that both children and parents have greater knowledge with respect to these injuries.”
Michigan Radio -
May 10, 2021
“It’s not clear where this is going. But ultimately rhetoric that identifies certain groups of people as pollutants is dehumanizing, and dehumanization is a key component and often the first step toward greater violence toward those groups,” said Alexandra Minna Stern, professor of history and American culture, commenting on a lawsuit in Arizona that uses pro-environment arguments to defend anti-immigration.
Grist -
May 7, 2021
“There’s a need for better metrics that portray or gauge the influence of intermittent noise in communities that can interfere with sleep, the opportunity to have a conversation on your porch and impact the quality of life in your neighborhood,” said Stuart Batterman, professor of environmental health sciences, and civil and environmental engineering, who researched heavy-truck noise in Southwest Detroit.
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May 7, 2021
Sela Panapasa, associate research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, says that Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have long been overlooked — something that lumping them into a larger Asian American category only exacerbates: “And who wants to be invisible, as a PI myself?”
Vox
