Katie Whitney

Editor, Medicine at Michigan

Katie Whitney is editor of Medicine at Michigan. Before joining Michigan Medicine in 2019, she worked at the Ann Arbor Observer. She’s committed to local journalism, good storytelling, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Medicine at Michigan

Making a New Mouse Could Transform COVID-19 Research

U-M researchers are genetically engineering a mouse that could have massive implications for our understanding of COV

Medicine at Michigan

Pregnancy Anxiety Is Real, and COVID-19 Is Making It Worse

New research shows pregnant women are freaked out.
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Using Alone and Reinventing Recovery: How COVID-19 Is Upending Addiction and Treatment

How one man found his way out of a pandemic relapse.
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Why not both?

A medical student explores anthropology and emergency medicine.
husband and wife with newborn
Health Lab

Couple Welcomes New Baby in Hospital Driveway

Bobby and Michele Johnson thought they had plenty of time, but then labor advanced quickly – and baby Jack was born in their car outside the hospital entrance.
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A Hospital (Driveway) Birth

An extraordinary birth story at the height of the COVID-19 surge
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Inside the Regional Infectious Containment Unit

Poignant photos from the front line
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The Fight Against COVID-19

What it was like on the front lines at Michigan Medicine
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The Pandemic of Racism

Michigan Medicine responds to the growing antiracism movement
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“We hold the phone and we cry”

An alumna details tender moments with COVID-19 patients in New Jersey
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A Bone-Deep Commitment

An orthopaedic surgeon promotes diversity
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