Health & Medicine
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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 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 6, 2020
Wide range of U-M research focuses on coronavirus pandemic
Research projects and innovations related to COVID-19 have ramped up quickly across U-M, spurred by doctors, public health experts, scientists, economists and engineers, and encouraged by research leaders.
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April 6, 2020
COVID-19 research at U-M
Examples of some of the studies underway or planned at the University of Michigan related to the COVID-19 health crisis.
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April 5, 2020
U-M teams work to disinfect masks for medical personnel
Teams of U-M engineers are working to develop efficient, effective and scalable ways to disinfect N95 respirator masks for repeated use. The masks are needed to medical workers from COVID-19.
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April 1, 2020
Kellogg Eye Center, College of Engineering team up on shield
A team from the Kellogg Eye Center and College of Engineering joined forces to create a new, larger breath shield that will help providers and patients reduce COVID-19 transmission.
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April 1, 2020
Aggressive social distancing may cut COVID-19 hospitalizations
Forecasting models from Michigan Medicine clinicians show aggressive social distancing could reduce the number of COVID-19 patients at U-M hospitals in early May by as much as 65 percent at peak.
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March 30, 2020
U-M professors coordinate international donation efforts
When Michigan Medicine called for donations of personal protective equipment, U-M professors of Chinese heritage were among the first to respond, leveraging donations of more than 36,000 items.
