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COVID Cost v1
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COVID-19 Care is (Mostly) Free to Patients. Should Other Vital Care Be Too?
Rapid changes to insurance co-pays and deductibles for COVID-19 care helped remove the cost barrier to coronavirus care. Those changes could also help people with other conditions.
Covid vs. everyone second story
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Everyone vs. COVID-19: How You Can Help Science Make Progress
Clinical research, surveys, symptom trackers and other studies can give the public a chance to help in the fight against COVID-19.
Dad and son at baseball game
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New HHT Center Gives Hope to Father and Son with Rare Genetic Disease
Chronic, severe nosebleeds from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), or Osler-Weber-Rendu disease, were a frequent tradition in the Gutowski family until recent treatments offered help.
Trans PRECISE
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New Analytic Tool Designed to Help Guide Precision Cancer Research and Treatment
A new precision medicine analytics tool called TransPRECISE developed to help oncologists with cancer treatment and research.
Tween tracking food
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Should Tweens Use Health Apps?
Experts caution parents to research health apps before tweens use them and consider such factors as privacy, ad content and body image impact.
Virology
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What the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Reveals
Researchers are mapping the genome of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to better understand how the novel coronavirus behaves.
Elderly man working out at home
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Staying in Motion While Staying Put
New video tutorials from Michigan Medicine’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program help patients with physical therapy and rehab from home.
COVIDKIDS 3
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Rare, COVID-Related Inflammatory Disease Affecting Children
A rare and potentially fatal COVID-related disease is affecting some kids. A children's health expert discusses what is being called multi-system inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C.
man with mask in hospital room reaching into portable negative pressure procedural tent
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Two New Devices Protect Health Care Workers, Help Patients During COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is spurning innovation in medical technology as evidenced in two new devices designed to protect patients and providers during treatment for COVID-19.
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Thrive With Your Family: Supporting Kids With Chronic Diseases During COVID-19
Children with chronic conditions may need extra support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our expert panel offers advice and tips for parents navigate these challenges.
Family portrait in the woods
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Three Diseases, One Cure
One liver transplant cured a patient of three chronic conditions: liver cancer, hepatitis C and hemophilia.
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Looking back on another virus battle: U-M’s role in polio history
Ask someone in their 70s or older, and they’ll probably remember the fear that gripped the United States in the summers of their childhood, as outbreaks of a deadly virus cropped up across the country.
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Michigan Medicine adding more time-sensitive surgeries, procedures, clinic appointments
Michigan Medicine is encouraging patients to seek health care that is time sensitive and is continuing to expand availability of procedures, surgeries and clinic visits.
Elderly women exercise with hand weights
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Cardiac Rehab Motivation in the Midst of COVID-19
If you’re a heart patient in need of cardiac rehab, a Michigan Medicine exercise physiologist helps you stay motivated at home with creative workout ideas.     
Emergency room
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Why You Shouldn’t Delay Emergency Care During COVID-19
Emergencies still occur during a pandemic. Providers in emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and other specialties explain why you shouldn’t delay emergency care if you need it.