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Not Sure About the COVID-19 Vaccine? Get the Facts, Then Decide
Heard a claim about the vaccines? Check here before sharing or acting on the information.
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Be a Protector by Keeping Loved Ones Safe from COVID
With a vaccine on the horizon, it’s more important than ever to protect those at risk of severe illness. Who do you protect?
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Giving Back After COVID-19
After recovering from a COVID-19 hospitalization, one patient organized a testing drive to help others in community.
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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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How to Search for COVID-19 Information Online
CDC guidelines, testing, community spread; finding trustworthy information online during the COVID-19 pandemic is vital. A new, free course is helping people find the facts they need about coronavirus.
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How to Protect Your Mental and Physical Health This Holiday Season
Navigating the winter during a pandemic will present new challenges for maintaining mental and physical health. An expert gives advice on weathering the COVID pandemic in the coming months.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Volunteers Explain Why They Signed Up
COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers explain why they signed up.
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How to Care for Someone with COVID-19
Three health specialists provide guidance for caring for COVID at home as well as after a hospitalization.
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How to Have a Safe Holiday Season During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Experts advise on how to celebrate without putting yourself, and your loved ones, at risk.
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11 Hidden Hardships Only Patients Understand, and Ways to Cope
A social worker shares coping strategies to help patients deal with the stress of health challenges.
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Mask Resistance During a Pandemic Isn’t New – in 1918 Many Americans Were ‘Slackers’
The last pandemic killed around 675,000 people in the U.S. alone. Widespread acceptance of cloth face coverings could help to stop history from repeating itself today.
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Is Chocolate Safe for People with IBS?
With Halloween and the holiday season right around the corner, people with IBS may want to reconsider choosing to eat chocolate.
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Still Working From Home? Try These 5 Tips To Improve Your Sleep
Feeling exhausted? You’re not alone. Good sleep can be hard to come by right now. Follow these six expert tips for better sleep, and better health.
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The Curve is Fattening, Not Flattening. What Can We Do?
Flattening the curve was the key goal last spring. But a third wave of COVID-19 cases has begun as the coronavirus containment effort lapses, and the holidays are coming.
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How to Keep COVID-19 From Invading Your “Pod” – and How to Stay Safe if It Does
Pods. Bubbles. Quaran-teams. Many Americans have joined small groups to support online learning, childcare or socialize in the time of COVID-19. But how can pods protect against coronavirus?