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How a COVID-19 App Built at U-M Is Helping Businesses Stay Open
A COVID-19 symptom checklist web app developed at the University of Michigan is helping more than 2,500 employers, including small businesses, in Michigan meet state requirements to screen employees before they enter the workplace each day. Read more
Loneliness Doubled Among Older Adults in Early Months of COVID-19, Poll Shows
New research from John Piette
In June of this year, 56% of people over age 50 said they sometimes or often felt isolated from others—more than double the 27% who felt that way in a similar poll in 2018. Nearly half of those polled in June of this year also said they felt more isolated than they had just before the pandemic arrived in the United States and a third said they felt they had less companionship than before. Read more
Trans Young Adults Risk Homelessness, Racism When Migrating in Search of Gender Affirmation, Safety
New research from Kristi Gamarel
Young transgender adults often relocate to cities like San Francisco where they feel safer and have access to adequate health care, but the migration might place them at risk of homelessness, unemployment and racism, say University of Michigan researchers. Read more
Testing the Deceased Could Provide Additional Surveillance Methods During Pandemic, Study Shows
New research from Andrew Brouwer
Testing for the coronavirus on those who have died could supplement other forms of surveillance and serve as a possible early outbreak warning sign, say University of Michigan researchers. Read more
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The Science of Philanthropy: Finding Purpose with Vic Strecher
Imagine a pill you could take that would increase your happiness, longevity, and quality of sleep. And on top of that, it would decrease your susceptibility to COVID-19, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and depression. According to Vic Strecher, this medicine exists in living a more purposeful life. Read more
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Longtime Director of Health Care Research Center to Retire; Replacement Named
Marianne Udow-Phillips and Terrisca Des Jardins featured in Crains Detroit
Terrisca Des Jardins will become executive director October 1 of the Center for Health and Research Transformation. Marianne Udow-Phillips will continue as a senior advisor. Read more
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Contact Tracing Corps to Help Monitor Virus on Campus
Seventy-five student volunteer investigators are playing a key role in the University of Michigan’s COVID-19 response by serving as contact tracers. Read more
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University to Test 3,000 Weekly for COVID-19 on Campus
The University of Michigan will begin testing students, faculty and staff for the virus that causes COVID-19 next week, ramping up to 3,000 individuals weekly by the end of the month as part of a free, opt-in, voluntary surveillance testing program on the Ann Arbor campus. Read more
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Disability Disparities May Be Explained by Obesity, Smoking, Physical Labor
New research from Tarlise Townsend
Excess body mass, smoking and manual labor explain a large proportion of disability disparities in the United States, according to a new University of Michigan study. Read more
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Researchers Look for Coronavirus in Campus Environment, Potential Links To Infection Risks
Researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health are performing tasks to determine how much coronavirus is present in the environment on campus, and whether that has any relationship on COVID-19 infection rates within the university community. Read more
