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Spotlight
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.
First such study in decades strengthens public health response, informs vaccine design
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.
Dr. Raj Panjabi, author of ‘Safer,’ discusses trust, resilience and leading through crisis at Global Public Health Futures event
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.