Matthew Boulton, Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health, was quoted in Detroit Free Press. He stated it is important for the public to be updated with their polio vaccines.
A new COVID-19 booster shot for the Omricon variant will be made available. Aubree Gordon, associate professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, describes the number of weeks it takes for anti-bodies from the booster shot to start working.
Monkeypox, a virus that causes pus-filled blisters, has been detected in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and some European nations.
Prolonged loneliness in adults over 65 may be an important risk factor for accelerated memory aging, according to a new study led by University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers.
Integrating telephone-based smoking cessation and lung screening programs not only have the potential to maximize long-term health benefits, but they can also be cost-effective in the long term, according to a University of Michigan-led study.
Led by University of Michigan School of Public Health social epidemiologists Alexis Handal and Lisbeth Iglesias-Rios, the Michigan Farmworker Project (MFP) is a community-based participatory research initiative aimed at improving the social and environmental health of Michigan’s farmworker population, who play a critical role in the state’s food supply chain. Handal and Iglesias-Rios discuss their work.