coronavirus
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February 26, 2021
Salary, hiring freezes to ease with approved FY ’22 budget
When the new fiscal year begins, and subject to budget approval, U-M employees will again be eligible for merit raises and campus units will be able to begin to fill critical faculty and staff vacancies.
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February 19, 2021
Further updates being made to ResponsiBLUE
U-M’s ResponsiBLUE app is being updated and will include a quarantine and isolation indicator for students, an additional question in the daily symptom tracking questionnaire and other improvements.
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February 11, 2021
New state allocation strategy limits U-M COVID-19 vaccine rollout
A revised state strategy for distributing COVID-19 vaccine, coupled with an overall shortage of available vaccine, is limiting Michigan Medicine’s ability to offer new first-dose appointments.
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February 6, 2021
Mandatory testing to include graduate, professional students
U-M is expanding its weekly mandatory COVID-19 testing to include graduate and professional students who live on or come to campus. The mandatory testing will start Feb. 16.
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February 5, 2021
Michigan Medicine updates COVID vaccine distribution status
Amid vaccine shortages and changing prioritization guidance from the federal and state government, Michigan Medicine has administered more than 51,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses since mid-December.
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February 2, 2021
County by county, study shows social inequality in COVID’s toll
COVID-19 has killed more than 400,000 Americans, and infected more than 24 million others. But a new study shows just how unevenly those deaths and cases have played out across the country.
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February 1, 2021
Holiday public health measures likely saved lives in state, researchers say
Increased social distance measures over Thanksgiving and Christmas might have prevented more than 100,000 coronavirus cases in Michigan, according to preliminary findings by the School of Public Health.
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January 29, 2021
Updated ResponsiBLUE better connects users to COVID-19 resources
The university’s ResponsiBLUE app includes new features that better connect users to on-campus COVID-19 testing, and better support the health and safety of the campus community.
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January 28, 2021
COVID-19 variants: What do the coronavirus mutations mean?
A U-M infectious disease expert weighs in on what the expanding presence of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 and other virus mutations might mean for the disease’s spread, immunity and vaccination efforts.
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January 27, 2021
University, county team up to stem spread of COVID variant
The Washtenaw County Health Department is recommending that all currently enrolled U-M students living on or near the Ann Arbor campus stay in place at their campus-area addresses through Feb. 7.
