Michigan Medicine
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May 19, 2020
Looking back on another virus battle: U-M’s role in polio history
U-M played a role in the fight against polio for many decades, from the treatment of its effects to the massive clinical trial that led to the first approved vaccine.
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May 15, 2020
Documentary follows medical students through ‘Four Years of Blue’
In 2016, the Medical School welcomed 172 new doctors-in-training. Out of this group, 15 students agreed to be followed throughout all four years of their medical training.
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May 11, 2020
U-M advances antibody test development in COVID-19 fight
Scientists at U-M are advancing new antibody tests, being validated now, to identify people who have been infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease.
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May 5, 2020
Job cuts, other steps part of Michigan Medicine economic recovery plan
Michigan Medicine will undertake an economic recovery plan that includes furloughs or layoffs for hundreds of employees as well as other measures to cover hundreds of millions of dollars in projected losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 21, 2020
Michigan Medicine part of statewide COVID-19 data collection effort
Michigan Medicine is teaming with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and 25 other Michigan hospitals to collect comprehensive clinical data on COVID-19 patients to help guide treating those with the virus.
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April 20, 2020
A look at COVID-19 research and activity across U-M
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the University of Michigan works on many levels, but it also has galvanized activity across the university as a broad range of academic, research and administrative units apply their expertise to this worldwide crisis. These synopses offer a glimpse into the variety of activity underway. Go online to… -
April 16, 2020
Website assists Michigan Medicine workers battling COVID-19
This website connects community volunteers who want to provide front-line Michigan Medicine health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight with relief from basic daily needs and other tasks.
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April 15, 2020
Michigan Medicine donation drive succeeds through broad effort
The story of how Michigan Medicine organized its massive effort to collect personal protective equipment and other items is a tale of cooperation and coordination across the U-M campus.
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April 13, 2020
U-M seeks help for health care workers, researchers, others
Weeks after U-M put out its first call for community help during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is doing so again, with more ways to help U-M health care teams and researchers, and community organizations.
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April 10, 2020
Repurposed respirator could free ventilators for COVID-19 patients
To help with the COVID-19 pandemic, U-M researchers have developed a portable and mass-producible helmet system that can potentially transform any hospital bed into a negative pressure room.
