Infectious Disease

IN THE NEWS: Issues Of The Environment: Coronavirus Just One Of Many Illnesses Spread From Animals To Humans

Joseph Eisenberg Interviewed by WEMU

The coronavirus pandemic is ongoing and will be for some time to come. But it is not the only zoonoses we are dealing with globally or locally. Zoonoses are illnesses spread from animals to humans. In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair discusses these infectious diseases with Dr. Joseph Eisenberg, chair and professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health.

Returning to Work Safely in Michigan and across the US

Q&A with Aurora Le

As the US slowly reopens the economy, a variety of new safety measures will be needed to ensure worker safety, from engineering and administrative interventions for entire facilities down to personal protective equipment. These measures are not meant to hinder economic recovery but rather to reduce the incidence and prevalence of infectious disease to protect American workers and their families.

Virtual Senior Center Helps Older Adults in Detroit Connect While Social Distancing

Low-income older adults and those with serious health problems are particularly vulnerable to negative health and social impacts caused by social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers from the University of Michigan and partner, Methodist Children’s Home Society, are piloting a virtual senior center that offers enrichment and educational programs via phone to help combat the isolation.

Contact Tracing: Use Volunteers or Paid Public Health Corps?

Q&A with Angela Beck

The House of Representative plans to introduce a bipartisan bill that would create a National Public Health Corps similar to AmeriCorps that would hire hundreds of workers to help conduct contact tracing as the US moves to reopen its economy. Angela Beck discusses the idea of such a workforce.

The Idea to 'Flatten the Curve'

Decades of studying pandemics and how to curb them led University of Michigan physician-historian Howard Markel to coin a term the rest of us now use in daily conversation.

U-M Researchers Advance Antibody Test Production to Aid in the International Fight Against COVID-19

Scientists at the University of Michigan are advancing a new antibody test to identify people who have been infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. The test, being validated now, could accelerate selection of patient plasma for use in treating new COVID-19 infections.