Epidemiology

Person testing their glucose levels with a glucose meter.

High-Risk in the Time of Coronavirus: Protecting People with Diabetes

Q&A with Gretchen Piatt

Why are people with diabetes considered high-risk in the wake of this pandemic and what should those who contract COVID-19 do? Gretchen Piatt, associate professor of Learning Health Sciences and Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan Schools of Medicine and Public Health explains.

woman holding test tube in lab

Common Coronaviruses Are Highly Seasonal, with Most Cases Peaking in Winter

New Research from Arnold Monto and Michigan Public Health Experts

Of the seven coronaviruses known to infect people, four cause common respiratory infections that are sharply seasonal and appear to transmit similarly to influenza, according to a new study by University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers.