vaccines
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September 5, 2024
Vaccination clinics to start; public health dashboard expanded
Walk-in vaccination clinics across the Ann Arbor campus will begin Sept. 9 and run throughout the fall term. They will offer the influenza vaccine and the new COVID-19 vaccine when available.
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February 5, 2024
Q&A: Which COVID-19 shots are most protective against severe disease?
A group of U-M researchers sought to understand the various designs and methods that were used to study effectiveness of the vaccine doses following the primary series vaccination.
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December 12, 2023
Twelve tips for staying healthy through the holidays
As the holiday season gears up and cases of flu, COVID-19 and RSV have started to rise, three U-M Health doctors suggest ways to avoid winter illnesses.
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November 6, 2023
New COVID-19 vaccine a good value for U.S., U-M team finds
With updated vaccines against the SARS-CoV2 virus available nationwide, a new U‑M analysis suggests that America could save money by ensuring that as many older adults as possible get it.
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September 25, 2023
U-M to offer COVID vaccine; free test kits available
U-M officials plan to offer the updated COVID-19 vaccine at Ann Arbor campus vaccination clinics as it becomes available. A clinic is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 26 in the East Hall South Atrium.
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September 5, 2023
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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August 23, 2023
Michigan Medicine revises vaccination policy; flu clinics to start
Michigan Medicine has updated its COVID-19 vaccination policy, no longer requiring the vaccine or an approved exemption as a condition of employment. The university also announced its flu vaccine clinic schedule.
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May 8, 2023
University’s COVID-19 response entering new phase
The comprehensive health and safety response that U-M created during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic will transition to a new phase this week, affecting employee benefits, as well as COVID testing on campus.
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March 7, 2022
Updates to ResponsiBLUE include booster information
Significant updates — including new statuses to support U-M’s COVID-19 booster requirement — have been made to ResponsiBLUE, the campus community’s health-screening tool.
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February 23, 2022
How well do boosters work? Depends on your genes
Genetics play an important role in how our bodies respond to vaccines and booster shots, suggesting certain protective responses elicited by vaccination could be more effective with personalization, a new study says.