Kara Gavin

Heads up Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Canton Michigan: Measles case reported by Washtenaw County Public Health.

List of exposure locations and steps for getting high-risk unvaccinated exposed people vaccinated or treated with IG ASAP are here: www.washtenaw.org/1963/Health-...

11 kids dead in one week. Nearly all unvaccinated, like most US kids.

Flu kills.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 39 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LENAWEE LIVINGSTON MACOMB MONROE OAKLAND WASHTENAW WAYNE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADRIAN, ANN ARBOR, BRIGHTON, CANTON, DEARBORN, FERNDALE, FOWLERVILLE, HOWELL, LAMBERTVILLE, LINCOLN PARK, LIVONIA, MONROE, NOVI, PONTIAC, REDFORD, ROYAL OAK, SOUTHFIELD, ST. CLAIR SHORES, STERLING HEIGHTS, TAYLOR, TEMPERANCE, TROY, WARREN, WATERFORD, AND WESTLAND.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 39 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS LAKE ST CLAIR MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI

🚨 Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 11 at 1:11AM EDT until March 11 at 3:00AM EDT by NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI 🚨
Additional Details Here.

Great to see @bridgemi.com cover this issue and the new report: bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Want to know more about the "red flag" process in Michigan, including who can file, how to file, what happens if someone files one on you, and more? Check out the @umich.edu ERPO Toolkit: firearminjury.umich.edu/erpo-toolkit/
There's also the new M-Flip site about all Michigan fiream laws: mflip.org

Here's the latest Michigan ERPO report, which just came out and so far has only been covered by one media outlet as far as I can tell. www.courts.michigan.gov/493ab9/sitea...
(home page: www.courts.michigan.gov/publications... )

Graph of ERPO respondents in Michigan in 2024 and 2025 from https://www.courts.michigan.gov/493ab9/siteassets/reports/erpo-2025-annual-report.pdf

New data show that Michigan's "red flag" (ERPO) law was used 514 times last year, up from its 1st year in effect in 2024.

It lets law enforcement, health professionals & family members ask a judge to order removal of firearms from someone who poses an immediate danger to themselves or others. (1/3)

Happening this week! Please join us in person in Ann Arbor at the Ford School at 4.30 on Wednesday. Event will also be recorded.

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a blue screen with #jeopardy written on it Alt: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a blue screen with #jeopardy written on it

Not for nothing but an #arthistory PhD holder is cleaning up on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social ….

Nods in PHEV, EV, heat pump and new triple-paned windows... (Also a Gen Xer who remembers the late '70s)

Ice tornado was not on my bingo card…

Seriously though, please get the Emergency app from the Red Cross and turn on the critical alerts that override your phone’s mute settings

Please listen to this advice and follow it.

Looks like some very tiny microbes are deflecting blame onto their much larger vector hosts… interesting PR move…

Thanks!!

175 years of U-M medical history come alive in new exhibit A free museum exhibit explores the medical history of the University of Michigan from 1850 to today.

If you’re looking for a free, multigeneration-friendly weekend outing idea, or a weekday activity for a work team or class, check out our U-M medical history exhibit near Kerrytown: michmed.org/museum open today 12-4!

Amanda Sanford Hickey MD

This is Amanda Sanford Hickey, MD, the 1st woman to graduate from the @umich.edu Medical School, class of 1871. She came to U-M as soon as it became the 1st major school to train women alongside men.
More on her & those who came after: www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release... #InternationalWomensDay

Opera Profile: The Real Story of Richard Danielpour's 'Margaret Garner' - OperaWire Premiered in 2005 at Detroit Opera, featuring a cast of nearly 100, the opera remains a distressing reminder of America’s past and the people of slavery.

Thank you for this. Toni Morrison worked with composer Richard Danielpour on an opera based on Margaret Garner’s story; it premiered in Detroit in 2005 with Denyce Graves in the title role. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...

operawire.com/opera-profil...

Don't put these items in a hospital's tube system The technicians will get mad at you

What do spoons, a raw egg, and a hoagie have in common?

Clue: it involves hospitals & pneumatic tubes!

Head over to Tube Talk to read how these complex systems are managed & what techs do when things go wrong... #tubetalkmedia #pneumatictubes

www.tubetalk.media/p/pneumatic-...

Do not pass Go, don’t you forget about me, don’t forget to change your smoke detector batteries

Are you signed up for emergency alerts from your city/township or county? Many of them use the Everbridge system and you can sign up for alerts from multiple communities. Here's the one for Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County: member.everbridge.net/454514914099...

Given the scary tornado outbreak yesterday in west Michigan, this is also a great time for everyone to download the @americanredcross.bsky.social Emergency app & turn on the critical weather alarms that override your phone's mute functions. (you can customize) www.redcross.org/get-help/how...

Heads up Ann Arbor: part of Geddes Rd collapsed today and now Geddes is closed between Earhart Rd (near US 23) and Huron Parkway (near Huron HS and Gallup Park)
www.a2gov.org/engineering/...

(also, if you don't already get the city's road alerts, sign up service.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIA... )

At least four people have died in SW Michigan storms.

The storm made a destructive path from Three Rivers to Union City and beyond.

A man and his grandmother were in a store when the storm ripped it apart.

📷Devin Anderson-Torrez / MLive

#news #weather #photo

www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...

Milestones in the history of women in medicine and biomedical science at U-M While their path was not smooth, faces and names from the past and present show the power of persistence

156 years ago this month, the @umich.edu Regents began the process of making a landmark decision:

To allow women to study medicine along with men.

That fall, U-M became the first truly coeducational #medschool.

I trace what came after in this story:
michmed.org/7Krvd
#medhist #womenshistorymonth

Screenshot of Jeopardy clue

Finally got to watch my recording of the actual show and get you this screenshot…

Also - If you're aware of any major female figures/firsts/milestones in our history that I haven't included, please reply or DM me!

175 years of U-M medical history come alive in new exhibit A free museum exhibit explores the medical history of the University of Michigan from 1850 to today.

Want to learn more about U-M medical history? Come to our museum exhibit in Ann Arbor, which has just been extended through the summer! (you heard it here first!) michmed.org/museum

Now, to be fair, the first female med students had to have all but one of their classes completely separate from the men. But that only lasted a few years.

And even after that, their anatomy classes were separate for years - and anatomy labs were separate for decades.

But it was still a BIG deal.

(deleted previous version because of omitted hashtag and also a failed attempt to do math before second cup of coffee.)

Milestones in the history of women in medicine and biomedical science at U-M While their path was not smooth, faces and names from the past and present show the power of persistence

156 years ago this month, the @umich.edu Regents began the process of making a landmark decision:

To allow women to study medicine along with men.

That fall, U-M became the first truly coeducational #medschool.

I trace what came after in this story:
michmed.org/7Krvd
#medhist #womenshistorymonth