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SPOTLIGHT
Pre-COVID-19 Poll of Older Adults Hints at Potential Impact of Pandemic on Their Eating Habits
New research from Julia Wolfson and Cindy Leung
Most people in their 50s and older were capable home cooks just before COVID-19 struck America, but only 5% had ordered groceries online, according to a new national poll. Read more
IN THE NEWS: Michigan Launches Web Portal Allowing Employees, Employers to Track Coronavirus Symptoms
Sharon Kardia quoted in MLive
As employers across the state of Michigan continue to reopen their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, a newly launched tool is available to help employees and businesses track possible spread at their facilities. Read more
Web App, Dashboard From University of Michigan to Inform Michiganders' Return to Work
University of Michigan faculty, staff, alumni and students have developed online tools designed to help local and state officials reopen the economy safely and gradually while allowing them to quickly identify and respond to potential coronavirus hot spots and outbreaks. Read more
IN THE NEWS: Michigan Launches New Website Showing Coronavirus Trends in Each Region
Emily Martin and Sharon Kardia featured on ABC 12 (WJRT)
The dashboard—which maps COVID-19 risks and trends throughout the state of Michigan—was developed in collaboration between the University of Michigan school of Public Health, the School of Information, the Michigan departments of Health and Human Services and Labor and Economic Opportunity. Read more
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Michigan Public Health Professor Joins Michigan Governor to Announce New Coronavirus Dashboard
During Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s press briefing on May 26, 2020, University of Michigan School of Public Health professor Emily Martin was invited to discuss a new way for residents of the state of Michigan to view up-to-date data on the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
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App Calculates Risk of Delaying Cancer Care During Pandemic
New research from Michigan Public Health
The University of Michigan’s OncCOVID app draws on global cancer and coronavirus data to create an individualized mortality risk assessment for receiving immediate versus delayed cancer treatment. Read more
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Study Seeks to Find the Relationship Between COVID-19, Social Isolation, and Mental Health in Older Adults
Q&A with Lindsay Kobayashi
Researchers from the University of Michigan are working on a study to determine the mental health impacts and well-being among older adults during the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 Coping Study, an online survey of US adults ages 55 and older, highlights the complexities and layers in which the virus impacts our society—in ways that are more than just contracting the disease. Read more
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Advancing Care: Nurse Practitioners, At-Risk Communities, and the Ever-Expanding Education that Puts Nurses at the Heart of Serving Communities in Need
Nurses have been playing a unique and vital role in our battles against disease for centuries. Since the 1960s in the US, nurses have been at the forefront not only of health care services but also of health care administration and management. Nurses continue evolving their skills and the profession itself to meet needs beyond even their own imaginations and comfort levels. Read more
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New Video, Website Explain Coronavirus for Kids
The complexity of the coronavirus pandemic is especially difficult for children to understand. With that in mind, the University of Michigan School of Public Health has created a video to provide scientifically accurate information in a way that aims to get children and their families talking constructively about the coronavirus and the way it has impacted their lives. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Vaccinations Fall to Alarming Rates, CDC Study Shows
Matt Boulton featured in the New York Times
In Michigan, fewer than half of infants five months or younger are up to date on their vaccinations, which may allow for outbreaks of diseases like measles. Read more
