Michigan Medicine
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December 14, 2020
How to ensure people receive second COVID-19 vaccine dose
Mark Fendrick, a Michigan Medicine primary care physician and researcher, hails the rapid development of vaccines as a scientific breakthrough, but he fears the two-step process includes barriers.
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December 14, 2020
U-M outlines approach for COVID-19 vaccinations on campus
U-M has begun receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and will start vaccinating its health care workers as the first step in a program to eventually distribute the vaccine throughout the university.
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December 10, 2020
Michigan Medicine hosting new communitywide food drive
Michigan Medicine is launching a holiday effort Dec. 14-22 encouraging the campus and local communities to help address a record demand for food and supplies amid the surging pandemic.
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December 3, 2020
David Miller named president of Michigan Medicine clinical enterprise
David C. Miller, one of Michigan Medicine’s clinical leaders, will be the new president of the U-M Health System as of Jan. 1, 2021. His appointment was approved Dec. 3 by the Board of Regents.
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December 1, 2020
Impact of remote work adds twist to severe-weather policy
Snowy weather brings a reminder from campus leaders about the university’s policy for reducing operations. This year, with many faculty and staff working remotely, the impact of a reduction in operations might look a little different.
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November 30, 2020
Older adults say they’ll get COVID-19 vaccine but want to wait
U-M’s National Poll on Healthy Aging showed that 58 percent of adults aged 50 to 80 — one of the highest-priority groups for vaccination — say they are somewhat or very likely to get vaccinated to prevent COVID-19.
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November 23, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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November 19, 2020
Michigan Medicine joins hospitals nationwide in ‘mask up’ campaign
Michigan Medicine has joined about 100 of the nation’s top health care systems with an urgent plea for all Americans — mask up, because wearing a facemask is our best chance at slowing the surging COVID-19 pandemic.
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November 15, 2020
HITS announces WiFi improvements at Michigan Medicine
Health Information Technology & Services has made improvements to two of its WiFi networks across Michigan Medicine, offering eduroam and improving service on MWireless-UMHS.
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November 11, 2020
U-M launches tool to report off-campus COVID-19 positive test results
A new self-reporting COVID-19 survey tool for reporting positive test results from outside U-M is available to assist with prompt case investigation, contact tracing and to measure the overall illness in the university community.
