Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of disease-related death in U.S. children and adolescents. When their son Samson survived his childhood diagnosis, alumni Kim Gilman and Jeff Gelfand began fundraising to advance scientific research. Their support has propelled a team of Michigan Medicine researchers, led by Maria Castro and Pedro Lowenstein, to achieve a significant milestone.

The Michigan Men’s Gymnastics team dominated the collegiate scene in 2025, capturing both the NCAA Championship and their fifth consecutive Big Ten title. They closed out the season ranked first in the nation. At the heart of this success were three engineering seniors who successfully balanced their academics and intense training.

Research reveals nearly two-thirds of those who had a telehealth appointment in the past year said they received care that they could not or would not have gotten otherwise. Findings were published in Health Affairs Scholar by members of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.

The new U-M research analyzes not only the cost of care for COVID-19 but also the cost of testing and treating people, of treating post-COVID conditions as well as rare vaccine reactions, and productivity costs such as lost workdays when someone became sick or died.

For nearly a century, being pregnant usually meant seeing a doctor at least a dozen times before the baby was born. But after COVID hit and office visits were limited due to exposure risks in 2020, that practice shifted out of necessity — and now, those changes may be here to stay.

How much will strawberry harvests shrink when extreme heat harms pollinators? How much will timber production decline when windstorms flatten forests? These are some critical questions that a new computer simulation, developed by U-M researchers, is helping answer.

In today’s challenging era for vaccines, the U-M School of Public Health hosted a podcast taping April 11 in recognition of Dr. Thomas Francis Jr.’s announcement that the polio vaccine was safe and effective. U-M epidemiologist Matthew Boulton and Michigan’s chief medical executive Natasha Bagdasarian discuss vaccines, then and now.

In recent years, China’s technological advancements have captured the world’s attention, with DeepSeek — a Chinese AI model — emerging as a focal point of both admiration and anxiety. This duality reflects a deeper tension in how the U.S. perceives technological progress from China, revealing complex layers of fear, competition, and reflection.

Research universities are not only engines of discovery — they’re also engines of economic vitality. Every federal dollar invested in U-M research generates ripple effects across the country, creating jobs, supporting businesses, and preparing the skilled workforce the nation needs to stay competitive.