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Health Lab
The First Vaccines for COVID-19: What We Know So Far
COVID-19 vaccines are here. Michigan Medicine experts share what we know about how these mRNA vaccines work, their ingredients, their efficacy and their safety.
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Health Lab
Racially Biased Oxygen Readings Could Be Putting Patients at Risk
A new study finds pulse oximeters are less likely to give accurate readings in Black patients vs. white patients, with implications for COVID-19 treatment and beyond.
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Health Lab
Finding a Personalized Approach To Treating Chronic Rejection After Lung Transplantation
By studying the roles of an inflammatory protein and antibodies in chronic rejection after lung transplantation, researchers discover possibilities for new treatments.
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Michigan Surgery Sessions
Social Responsibility in Surgery
Surgeons' worlds don't end at the operating room, so what is their responsibility to society outside of it? In this episode, we discuss what social responsibility looks like for surgeons, what we're doing to tackle the tough issues that affect our society and the health of our patients, and what more needs to be done.
Liver with hepatitis viruses
Health Lab
New Hepatitis B Screening Recommendations Announced by The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
A hepatologist comments on the new USPSTF guidelines for detecting hepatitis B in non-pregnant adults and adolescents. 
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Health Lab
1 in 5 Have Been Discriminated Against in the Healthcare Setting
In one of the first of its kind, a new study of health disparities shows that race is the most common form of discrimination in the healthcare setting.
News Release
Michigan Medicine vaccinates first employees for COVID-19
Michigan Medicine began vaccinating people against COVID-19 today with an initial group of five frontline workers.
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Health Lab
Costs, COVID-19 Risk and Delays Top Older Adults’ Concerns About Seeking Emergency Care
People over 50 may be avoiding emergency rooms because of fear of COVID-19, in addition to their usual concerns about wait times and costs, a new poll finds.
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Health Lab
First 10 Days After Leaving Hospital Carry High Risk for COVID-19 Patients
The first 10 days after a COVID-19 hospital stay may be especially dangerous, compared with heart failure and pneumonia, study in veterans finds.
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Health Lab
How to Make Sure People Get the Second Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccines require two doses for full protection. Money, transportation, reminders and support will help ensure people get both.
News Release
Santa makes virtual visits to children at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Nothing could stop Mr. and Mrs. Claus from continuing their longtime tradition of visiting sick children at Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
News Release
Season of Giving: Michigan Medicine hosts new community-wide food drive to help neighbors in need
The season of giving has once again arrived in Michigan. But this one comes amid a surging pandemic, an economic downturn, and a looming deadline for continuation of federal financial relief.
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Health Lab
From the Heart: Study Shows Impact of Social Media Appeals from COVID-19 Frontliners
Emergency physicians sharing personal messages has across-the-board impact, randomized simulation finds.
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Health Lab
What’s in a Disease Name?
New study finds medical namesakes are losing their prominence in neurology, replaced by increasing reliance on clear, descriptive labels.
Covid with an eye
Health Lab
COVID-19 Found in The Cornea: Are Transplants a Transmission Risk?
COVID-19 has been found in eyes and tears of infected patients, and now in the corneas of deceased donors. A new study highlights the importance of a donor screening process for Sars-CoV-2.