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Done with 2020? Think 2021. Sign Up for Health Insurance Now
Open Enrollment for health insurance is a crucial time, even as the Affordable Care Act’s fate hangs in the balance.
change in naloxone use by EMS march-sept. 2019 vs 2020. red: over 30% increase in 2020. dark blue: over 20% decrease in 2020. Change in suspected opioid overdose deaths March-Sept. 2019-2020. lighter colors: smaller increase/decrease gray = low data dark gay = no data
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Real-Time Overdose Tracking Helps Show COVID-19’s Effects
Opioid overdose deaths and uses of naloxone Narcan by first responders both rose during the peak COVID-19 months in Michigan.
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Health Care Workers Struggled With Mood, Sleep in First Months of COVID-19 Pandemic
A new survey of more than 800 health care workers finds reason to increase support for front line employees as the pandemic continues.
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The ACA Turns 10 and Faces a Pandemic, an Election and a Supreme Court Case
The Affordable Care Act faces tests from COVID-19 as voters and justices determine the fate of its insurance programs and more.
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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?
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Weighing Risks and Benefits for Glaucoma Patients During COVID-19
Michigan Medicine ophthalmologists create a scalable algorithm for triaging appointments during the pandemic
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A Researcher Reflects on Progress Fighting Hepatitis C – and a Path Forward
The hepatitis C virus was discovered in 1989 – research that’s now earned a Nobel Prize. 
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What Do Teens and Young Adults Need to Get Through the Pandemic? Survey Gives Insights
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting teen and college-age Americans in many ways, including their mental health.
illustration of two people standing over patient with heart on monitor and green COVID germs floating around
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Cardiac Arrest, Poor Survival Rates Common in Sickest Patients with COVID-19
Study shows critically ill patients with the novel coronavirus have high rates of cardiac arrest and poor outcomes even after CPR, an effect most strongly seen in older patients.
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Are Organ Transplant Recipients at Greater Risk of Death from COVID-19?
A new study analyzes death risk from COVID-19 in organ transplant recipients and finds one treatment method greatly increased the risk.
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Feeling Stressed or Down in a World with COVID? Try This Writing Tool
A new tool uses expressive writing to help cancer patients, others cope with life challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Uncovering a ‘suPAR’ culprit behind kidney injury in COVID-19
A new observational study finds patients in the hospital for COVID-19 have high levels of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR), an immune-derived pathogenic protein that is strongly predictive of kidney injury.
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Questions and Answers About COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials
Are the vaccine trials being rushed? Are they safe? Two Michigan Medicine researchers weigh in.
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Testing the Deceased Could Provide Additional Surveillance Methods During Pandemic
Positive tests among dead could be early warning sign