Terrisca Des Jardins will become executive director October 1 of the Center for Health and Research Transformation. Marianne Udow-Phillips will continue as a senior advisor.
Excess body mass, smoking and manual labor explain a large proportion of disability disparities in the United States, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Since 2016, the rate of uninsured children in the US has begun to rise for the first time since the adoption of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 1997. A new paper published this week in JAMA Pediatrics analyzes new and existing threats to children’s access to health insurance.
As students head back to campuses across the country, many colleges and universities are using mobile phone and web apps to help them manage the pandemic. Denise Anthony addresses the importance of making app design choices that protect users and highlights some best practices.
Members of the University of Michigan and Georgetown University’s Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulation (CAsToR) recently published a new commentary analyzing the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to stop a deal between Altria, the largest US cigarette company, and the leading vaping company, Juul Labs.
Active shooter drills in schools have a negative effect on students' emotional health and yield questionable results, according to a national poll of youth by University of Michigan researchers.