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January 21, 2019
Many children with food allergies experience exclusion and discrimination, said James Baker, director of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center and professor emeritus of internal medicine and biomedical engineering: “We hear this all the time, where people isolate kids, tell them they can’t go places, tell them they can’t participate in after-school activities. … The child starts to feel like he or she is the problem.”
The New York Times -
January 21, 2019
“The cyanobacteria blooms are going to start to grow a few months from now in Lake Erie. Tracking them and warning people requires that buoys be built, instrumented and placed in the water in a few months. At present, that work has come to a screeching halt, which puts the tracking of toxic algal blooms at risk for next summer,” said Bradley Cardinale, professor of environment and sustainability and director of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research.
Bridge Magazine -
January 21, 2019
Research by Kao-Ping Chua, assistant professor of pediatrics, and colleagues found that nearly a quarter of antibiotics prescribed are inappropriate for treating patients’ associated health conditions — which can promote the development of antibiotic resistance.
U.S. News & World Report -
January 20, 2019
“Any decline in immunization rates will result in an increase in vaccine-preventable diseases. We have the opportunity now to prevent so many life-threatening diseases and have saved countless lives through immunization. It would be a travesty for children’s health if there were widespread outbreaks of diseases which can kill or permanently damage children,” said Gary Freed, professor of pediatrics, and health management and policy.
Salon -
January 20, 2019
“One thing that we worry about is what is going to break consumer confidence, what is going to shake consumers and shake business confidence, what is going to make people worried enough that maybe they pull back a little bit? And that’s why a lot of people are a bit worried that the government shutdown could have long-lasting negative effects if it goes on long enough that it shakes both consumer and business confidence,” said Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy and economics.
Politico -
January 20, 2019
“This change (to an A-to-F accountability system) alone is not going to do very much. It simply can be viewed as one more iteration of accountability in the state. School administrators are confused and frustrated as is,” said Brian Jacob, professor of education and public policy, regarding Michigan’s latest school accountability system, which ranks schools with letter grades from A to F.
Bridge Magazine -
January 17, 2019
“If the shutdown continues much longer, workers may face lasting financial damage even if they ultimately receive retroactive pay. … The thousands of government employees should not find themselves fighting off creditors because our elected officials can’t stop fighting among themselves,” co-wrote Matthew Shapiro, professor of economics and research professor at the Institute for Social Research.
The New York Times -
January 17, 2019
Substance abuse among the LGBTQ community is higher than previously thought, according to research by Carol Boyd, professor of nursing and women’s studies, and colleagues.
Bustle -
January 17, 2019
“Launching art projects like this with no commercial, scientific, or national security value seems unwise. Space is getting increasingly crowded,” said Patrick Seitzer, research professor emeritus of astronomy, on a Russian startup’s effort to bring billboard advertisements to low-Earth orbit using a grid of tissue box-sized satellites.
Astronomy -
January 16, 2019
President Mark Schlissel wrote a letter to the editor explaining the importance, scope of duties and reasons for a range of positions that work to advance diversity at U-M: “Our work on diversity, equity and inclusion is motivated by our belief that diversity and academic excellence are inseparable. They cannot exist without each other.”
The Detroit News
