Health
Welcome to our Michigan Public Health In the News page, where we showcase the expertise and thought leadership of our faculty and other members of the University of Michigan School of Public Health community. Here, you'll find links to news articles, op-eds, and other contributions published in a wide range of news outlets and publications. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the individual experts and authors.
Live Science
LA wildfires: How can wildfire smoke affect your health?
Featured: Sara Adar, Professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health
Science
Climate change may be driving an expansion of Valley fever, a deadly fungal infection spread by airborne spores
Featured: Jennifer Head, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Associated Press
Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity
Quoted: Kate Bauer, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
New York Times
Dementia cases in the U.S. will surge in the coming decades, researchers say
Featured: Kenneth Langa, Professor of Health Management and Policy
Toledo Blade
UM poll finds grandparents who see their grandchildren often rarely suffer feelings of isolation
Featured: Kate Bauer, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Toledo Blade
Free radon testing kits offered by Monroe County Health Department
Featured: Rick Neitzel, Professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health
Reasons to be Cheerful
The curative power of quieter cities
Featured: Rick Neitzel, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Global Public Health
The Atlantic
Bird flu could have been contained
Featured: Aubree Gordon, Professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health
Time
Your questions about wildfire smoke and health, answered
Featured: Sara Adar, Professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health
Bridge Michigan
COVID deaths decline steeply in 2024; spread muted so far in winter
Quoted: Emily Martin, Professor of Epidemiology
Miami Herald
Are school shootings surging after COVID pandemic? Data shows massive shift across US
Featured: Marc Zimmerman, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
Live Now Fox
MPD: School shooting motive "combination of factors"
Featured: Justin Heinze, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
Detroit Free Press
How rare are female school shooters?
Featured: Justin Heinze, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
USA Today
What we know about the 15-year-old suspect in Wisconsin school shooting
Quoted: Justin Heinze, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
Medpage Today
How cyberattacks hold patient care hostage
Op-Ed: Minal Patel, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
Consumer Reports
Which natural cures work—and which don't
Featured: William Chey, Professor of Internal Medicine and Nutritional Sciences
USA Today
How Trump's 'big discussion' around vaccines and autism could hurt children's health
Quoted: Matthew Boulton, Professor of Epidemiology
Politico
Complicated reality of RSV shots
Quoted: Arnold Monto, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Global Public Health
NPR