Katie Whitney
Editor, Medicine at Michigan

Katie Whitney is editor of Medicine at Michigan. Before joining Michigan Medicine in 2019, she worked at the Ann Arbor Observer. She’s committed to local journalism, good storytelling, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Dear Virologist, What’s Up with COVID-19 These Days?
An expert answers the most pressing questions.
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Education on the Couch: A Guide to Free Online Learning Opportunities at Michigan Medicine
Couch potato, couch potahto … anatomy aficionado?
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Fluent in Business Lingo
An alumnus translates medicine for investors.
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Getting Virtual Treatment for an Eating Disorder — Does It Work?
One teen’s story corroborates new research.
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His 5th Grade Teacher Held Him to a Higher Standard
Now he’s changing emergency medicine in Africa.
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If Anti-Racism Is a Verb, How Is Michigan Medicine Doing It?
Find out what has happened since the spring protests.
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Living Purposefully in a Pandemic; or, What COVID-19 Can Do for You
The new normal could be the best time of your life.
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Making a New Mouse Could Transform COVID-19 Research

U-M researchers are genetically engineering a mouse that could have massive implications for our understanding of COV
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Pregnancy Anxiety Is Real, and COVID-19 Is Making It Worse
New research shows pregnant women are freaked out.
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Using Alone and Reinventing Recovery: How COVID-19 Is Upending Addiction and Treatment
How one man found his way out of a pandemic relapse.
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Why not both?
A medical student explores anthropology and emergency medicine.
 husband and wife with newborn
Health Lab
Couple Welcomes New Baby in Hospital Driveway
Bobby and Michele Johnson thought they had plenty of time, but then labor advanced quickly – and baby Jack was born in their car outside the hospital entrance.
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A Hospital (Driveway) Birth
An extraordinary birth story at the height of the COVID-19 surge
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Inside the Regional Infectious Containment Unit
Poignant photos from the front line
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The Fight Against COVID-19
What it was like on the front lines at Michigan Medicine
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