The old-fashioned telephone – well, maybe not a rotary dial, but a phone nonetheless – became a way during the pandemic for patients to ‘see’ their doctors. Could this trend continue?
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Many patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms, from loss of smell to delirium to a higher risk of stroke. Down the road, will COVID-19 survivors face a wave of cognitive issues?
A systems engineering expert applies the same method NASA’s Project Apollo engineers used to offer a systematic approach to deciding on school reopening at a local level.
Congress needs to make sure the HEROES Act includes adequate funding for people with disabilities.
Cuando buscamos trabajo, queremos estar en la lista blanca, no en la negra. Los sombreros negros son los hackers malos, mientras una mentira blanca es aceptable. ¿Esas metáforas reflejan racismo?
National governments are using political lobbying and empty symbolic efforts to stave off an “in danger” listing for their World Heritage sites.
But the taxes have to be well-designed to avoid being overly regressive and targeting the poor.
Voting by mail is rarely subject to fraud, does not give an advantage to one political party over another and can in fact inspire public confidence in the voting process.
As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound familiar?
A political scientist says the protests against police violence that have swept the US signal welcome social change – and could dramatically alter the work she’s done for five years.
Research shows that millennials don’t drive as much as previous generations, largely because of their beliefs.
Putting a dollar value on human lives to compare the costs and benefits of stay-at-home orders can have unintended consequences. These researchers found a different way.
We want to be whitelisted and not blacklisted for jobs. White lies make stretching the truth okay, but you don’t want to receive a black mark on your record.
There’s no scientific definition for a wave of disease – and no evidence that the original onslaught of coronavirus in the US has receded much at all.
How politicians and the public in Denver, Colorado handled the 1918 flu epidemic is relevant to today.
With most therapy sessions now online, a psychologist explores whether more self-disclosure by therapists – sharing more about their own lives – might help their patients.
The COVID-019 pandemic has boosted use of disposable packaging and personal protective equipment, at the same time that many recycling programs are facing budget cuts. The upshot: More plastic trash.
Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ to be painted on a street near the White House. The act would have been considered vandalism had it not been done by city workers.
Generic names can take on a linguistic life of their own, becoming powerful forms of social commentary.
In a system that treats people as objects to be counted, chained, searched and assigned a number, art is a way for prisoners to reassert their agency – and reclaim their lives.
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
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Research Fellow, University of Michigan
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Research Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
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Professor of Psychology and Linguistics, University of Michigan
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Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Research Specialist, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Complex Systems, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan
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Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
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Professor of Technology and Operations, University of Michigan
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Professor, Global Health Management and Policy and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Michigan
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
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Chief Vertebrate Preparator and Associate Research Scientist in the Museum of Paleontology and Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan
