Day care and the flu: Using robots, ferrets to explore ways to stop the spread - University of Michigan News

Taking advantage of ferrets' social nature, the advancement of robotics and the University of Michigan's extensive experience monitoring respiratory illness in community settings, a new study seeks to better understand how behavioral and environmental factors…

Emily Martin, associate professor of epidemiology at U-M’s School of Public Health, working in her lab. Taking advantage of ferrets’ social nature, the advancement of robotics and the University of … [+5147 chars]

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