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Anxious About Venturing Out After Vaccination? You’re Not Alone, and There’s Help
by Dr. Claudia Finkelstein
It’s the moment we thought we were all waiting for…or is it? We were cautiously optimistic about the end of the pandemic in view of increasing vaccine availability and decreasing case numbers…
Michigan COVID Surge: CDC Urges New Health Restrictions
by Susan Demas, Michigan Advance
As Michigan leads the nation in the number of cases and the highest rates of hospitalizations for COVID-19, the head of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending new health…
5 Ways Parents Can Support College-age Children Who’ve Been Forced to Return Home Due to COVID-19
by Matthew J. Mayhew
Editor’s Note: With many college students forced to return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tensions and arguments are bound to flare up. Here, Matthew Mayhew, an education researcher who co-authored a book about …
Where to Get Cash, Food and Internet During the Covid Crisis
Even after modest business grants from the Washtenaw United Way dried up after just two weeks, local businesses are scrambling for PPP loans from the SBA and a few have even managed to land the elusive funding. Individuals and…
Doctors And Nurses on the Coronavirus Front Line Are Getting Sick And Dying — And Michigan Is Not Keeping Track
by P.D. Lesko
Despite threats from employers of disciplinary action and even firing, nurses and doctors say that health care workers fighting the coronavirus outbreak across the country are getting sick and dying. And despite the fact…
Two People in Washtenaw County Being Tested for Coronavirus
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has referred three potential cases of the new coronavirus from Washtenaw and Macomb counties to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing.
Results are expected…
Michigan Democratic Party and Indivisible Groups to Hold 12+ Health Care Town Halls Across Michigan
by Paul Kenan
This summer, Indivisible groups and the Michigan Democratic Party will host 12-plus health care town halls across Michigan. Republicans in Washington are working to pass plans that may rollback protections for pre-existing…
OP-ED: The iPhone Turns 10—And It Has Isolated Us, Not United Us
by Jean Twenge
Sometime around 2011 or 2012, it suddenly became very easy to predict what people would be doing in public places: Most would be looking down at their phones.
For years, mobile phones weren’t much to look at. The…
New Study: Almost Half of Doctors Posted Inappropriate or Unprofessional Content on Facebook Profiles
by Amy Norton | UPI
Not even doctors are immune from inappropriate social media posts. Young doctors often have "unprofessional" or offensive content on their Facebook profiles, a new study suggests.
The study, of newly graduated…
New Study: Terrifying Percentage of People Use Their Phones While Driving
Aaron Marshall
Everyone knows that distracted driving is dangerous. Everyone knows it’s happening, and that it’s responsible for deaths on American roads. But when it comes to specifics, the knowledge runs dry. Exactly how many people…