Program Aims to Help the Muslim Community Quit Smoking During Ramadan
Ken Resnicow
The Yallah Quit program uses culturally specific, text message-based guidance to help Muslims kick the habit of cigarettes and hookah smoking.
Nutritional Sciences,Faculty
Even Before COVID-19, Many Adults Over 50 Lacked Stable Food Supply, Didn't Use Assistance
New research from Michigan Public Health Experts
Even before the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc with the nation's food supply and economy, one in seven adults between the ages of 50 and 80 already had trouble getting enough food because of cost or other issues, a new poll finds.
The Idea to 'Flatten the Curve'
Decades of studying pandemics and how to curb them led University of Michigan physician-historian Howard Markel to coin a term the rest of us now use in daily conversation.
IN THE NEWS: Our Noisy World's Toll on Our Ears
Rick Neitzel featured on American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Podcast
As part of this research partnership between Apple and the University of Michigan, Rick Neitzel is collecting data on personal listening device use and noisy environments through the Apple Research app. The hope is this research could influence policies that one day change noise pollution levels.
U-M Researchers Advance Antibody Test Production to Aid in the International Fight Against COVID-19
Scientists at the University of Michigan are advancing a new antibody test to identify people who have been infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. The test, being validated now, could accelerate selection of patient plasma for use in treating new COVID-19 infections.
Coronavirus: Why Hispanics Are at Higher Risk to Suffer Health, Economic Consequences
Q&A with Paul Fleming and William Lopez
US Hispanics are more likely than their white white counterparts to be affected by coronavirus independently of their immigration status. Two University of Michigan School of Public Health experts explain why, and offer some solutions the federal government could use to mitigate these negative consequences.