Kim North Shine
knshine.bsky.social
Kim North Shine
@knshine.bsky.social
Health Sciences Communicator - University of Michigan
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This University of Michigan's College of Pharmacy event is geared towards seniors, but everyone is welcome!
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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This episode features Dr. Elyse Thulin. She works for the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, Department of Health Behavior & Equity and the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/53
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
U.S. Govt. Shut Down @umich.edu experts on #jobs #Medicaid, #health insurance, effects on state budgets, damage to the #economy and #publichealth, the #healthcare work force, #SNAP, #hunger, #research and more.

#journalists, see contacts for interviews, quotes.

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Likelihood, potential impacts of federal shutdown: U-M experts can comment
University of Michigan researchers are available to share their insights on a federal government shutdown at the end of the day Tuesday, unless lawmakers break the impasse and make a deal before then.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Tim Cernak, an associate professor at University of Michigan's College of Pharmacy, combines his expertise in medicinal chemistry and pharmaceuticals to treat sick creatures like Pebbles, the Gila Monster whose species we have to thank for GLP-1 drugs that regulate blood sugar and insulin.
June 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
University of Michigan experts share their thoughts - and are available to discuss with news media - today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood.
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Supreme Court ruling on preventive health care coverage: U-M experts can comment
Today's Supreme Court ruling in the case of Kennedy v. Braidwood Management preserves the Affordable Care Act provision that makes certain preventive care available to patients at no cost to them, as ...
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June 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
University of Michigan experts can discuss repercussions, potential impacts of the proposed spending bill now in the U.S. Senate's hands
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June 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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📣 Join us on 13 May for Stand Up for Global Public Health and Science—a #EUPHW event exploring the EU's role in global health.

🗓️ Tuesday 13 May
⏰ 15:00 - 17:00 CEST
📍 Online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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As the Trump administration begins carrying out the “largest deportation operation” in the nation’s history, states have offered starkly different guidelines to hospitals, community clinics, and other health facilities for immigrant patients. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As States Diverge on Immigration, Hospitals Say They Won’t Turn Patients Away - KFF Health News
California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with immigra...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
University of Michigan political scientist and health policy expert on the decision to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization.
#publichealth #health #globalhealth #infectiousdisease
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US leaving World Health Organization: Now what?
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, of which the U.S. was a founding member and is an integral part, raises questions on how it might affect Americans and...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM