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College students are reporting lower rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, continuing a multiyear pattern of improvement, according to the 2025–2026 Healthy Minds Study.
Changes to federal spending and policies under the second Trump administration are already affecting Americans' health and could worsen existing health disparities, strain public health infrastructure and have lasting consequences for years to come, according to new research led by the University of Michigan.
As ACA premiums climb, cheaper options like short-term plans, healthcare sharing ministries and farm bureau coverage can carry hidden risks. U-M health economists Thomas Buchmueller and Helen Levy explain what to watch for.
Shepherd, an assistant professor of health management and policy, joins the Michigan Minds podcast to discuss how healthcare has become one of voters' top priorities, especially in rural America, where hospital closures, Medicaid changes and partisan identity intersect.
U-M researchers are studying how schools can build more physical activity into the school day through classroom movement breaks. The five-year study will explore what kinds of support teachers need to help students stay active and healthy.
University of Michigan researchers will determine how much of the population still lacks immunity to valley fever, a fungal infection caused by inhalation of spores that can be carried through the air in the dust of dry soils.
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U-M researcher Roshanak Mehdipanah studies how housing costs and neighborhood inequality affect people's health. Her work has helped improve housing programs in Detroit and inform housing policy across Michigan.
Dr. Raj Panjabi, physician and author of ‘Safer,’ joined Charles B. Holmes, dean of Michigan Public Health, for a conversation on building trust, countering misinformation and leading communities through crisis. Panjabi shared lessons from Ebola, COVID-19, and his White House pandemic work on turning fear into collective action.
A Michigan Public Health study led by Lindsay Kobayashi will compare memory and thinking data from older adults in 20 countries to learn why dementia risk differs worldwide and which prevention strategies matter most where.