Health & Medicine
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January 25, 2022
Q&A: What do we know about the omicron variant?
Laraine Washer, professor of internal medicine, answers some common questions about the highly contagious omicron variant and what being infected means.
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January 25, 2022
$10M gift, renaming of institute honor critical care field’s pioneer
Michigan Medicine will rename its critical care research institute after U-M alumnus Max Harry Weil, a pioneer in critical care medicine, to recognize his family’s $10 million donation for advancing research and innovation.
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January 20, 2022
Human Resources updates information about free COVID-19 tests
As questions have arisen about U-M’s plan to provide at-home rapid antigen tests for COVID-19, University Human Resources has updated and expanded its information about the program.
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January 13, 2022
Bare shelves in the blood bank threaten patient care
A critical nationwide blood shortage threatens the ability to provide many types of patient care at U-M. Robertson Davenport, director of the blood bank at Michigan Medicine, is urging every eligible person to schedule an appointment to donate. An added incentive is the four-university Big Heart Blood Battle that starts Jan. 18.
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January 13, 2022
$7.6M gift launches new lung cancer research initiative
A $7.6 million gift from Judith L. Tam and the Richard Tam Foundation has launched an accelerated research initiative at U-M’s Rogel Cancer Center focusing on lung cancer.
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January 11, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations straining Michigan Medicine resources
U-M medical leaders say the latest surge in COVID-19 cases has led to delays in lifesaving surgeries, and has prompted a two-week pause on visitors to Michigan Medicine’s adult hospitals.
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January 10, 2022
U-M now reporting daily case counts on COVID-19 dashboard
The COVID-19 dashboard reports daily cases associated with students, faculty and staff on the Ann Arbor campus. The daily COVID-19 case chart reports cases each day going back to Dec. 5.
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January 6, 2022
U-M shares in $18.5M to research COVID-19, other diseases
Four Michigan universities, including U-M, will receive $18.5 million in federal funds over the next two years to collect and analyze genomic data to address emerging infectious disease threats.
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January 4, 2022
$4M to aid research into effectiveness of NSAIDs, opioids
A study led by U-M researchers seeks to identify the most effective and safest prescribing strategy to relieve acute pain after a patient heads home after surgery.
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December 17, 2021
U-M to require COVID-19 booster; updates plans for winter term
U-M is requiring all students, faculty and staff on all three campuses to get a COVID-19 booster shot as one of several enhanced mitigation measures during the winter 2022 academic term.
