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Scientists receive
flu research grant

$34.3 million will be
used to develop
more effective
vaccines

A
team
of
international
scientists
secured
a
$34.3
million, seven-year grant from
the National Institute of Allergy
and
Infectious
Diseases
for
their international research on
influenza,
commonly
known
as the flu. The team includes
Aubree Gordon, University of
Michigan assistant professor of
epidemiology, and Paul Thomas,
professor at St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital.
Gordon
said
her
group’s
research could provide more data
to create better flu vaccines and
lead to new insights into immune
system responses.
“I was incredibly excited, and
it took a little while to sink in,”

Gordon said. “I think vaccines
are one of the best tools that we
have to improve global health.
I think this grant in particular
may have broader impacts as
I think it will provide insight
into the development of the
immune system in addition to our
influenza-specific findings.”
The seven-year observational
study will consist of a team
of
international
experts
in
immunology and virology, two
new cohorts in California and
New Zealand and one existing
cohort
in
Nicaragua.
Each
location has different flu seasons
and vaccination rates, with rates
being highest in Los Angeles and
lowest in Nicaragua. Gordon
believes each area may have
different strains of influenza, so
the vaccines may be different.
The
three
locations
could
help determine if immunity is
affected by different flu seasons in
different hemispheres.

State Rep.
announces bill to
forbid styrofoam in
Michigan

On Friday afternoon, state
Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor,
announced a bill to ban most
single-use polystyrene foam at
a press conference in Bandemer
Park on the shore of the Huron
River. Rabhi was joined by
members
of
Environment
Michigan, the state-level muscle
of
environmental
advocacy
group Environment America.
“Single-use polystyrene, as
was stated, is such a scourge of
our environment,” Rabhi said.
“It impacts our waterways and
it impacts the environments
that we all love. We’re standing
here on the banks of the Huron
River in beautiful Ann Arbor,
Michigan, on a gorgeous sunny
day, and all around us there are
people enjoying this beautiful
asset in our community. The
worst thing that could happen
is if we continue to allow
those polystyrene, single-use
containers to be used and then
not recycled and thrown into
our waterways.”
Rabhi’s bill would ban the
use of unenclosed polystyrene
foam — commonly referred to as
styrofoam — at the state level,
with exceptions for medical,

veterinary
and
research
purposes.
Small
businesses
could also be exempt from
the law if the business can
prove there are no reasonable
alternatives.
This
legislation
is
associated with a companion
bill which would earmark
revenue from violations of
Rabhi’s bill to a state fund
promoting clean water and
mitigating plastic pollution.
The companion bill is being
introduced by state Rep. Jim
Haadsma,
D-Battle
Creek,
who Rabhi said was a leader
on this issue, though meetings
in his district kept him from
attending the event.
Environment
Michigan
Director
Nathan
Murphy
thanked Rabhi and Haadsma
for their work and said single-
use plastics like styrofoam are
not worth the harm they cause
to wildlife and water bodies.
“We need to ban single-
use convenience plastics like
styrofoam, which is one of
the worst offenders,” Murphy
said. “These bills will make a
real difference for our waters
and our water life.”
A study from the Rochester
Institute of Technology found
22 million pounds of plastic
debris enter the Great Lakes
every year from the U.S. and
Canada and plastic accounts
for approximately 80 percent
of the Great Lakes shorelines.

Rabhi advocates
to ban styrofoam

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