Monkeypox risk is higher on college campuses, where it can be spread through sexual activity and the close quarters of dorm life and parties, health officials said. But the risk isn’t zero for school-age children.
Robin Erb
Robin Erb covers a range of health issues in Michigan, including the industry of aging and the issues facing older residents in Michigan, a state that is aging faster than most others. She joined Bridge in 2019 and has led investigations that tracked millions of dollars in opioid settlement money and explored severe worker shortages in health care that threaten lives and the state's economy. She chronicled the shock and grief of Michigan families in COVID’s wake, as well as state policy decisions and the triumphs of medical breakthroughs. Robin previously spent six years covering health at the Detroit Free Press, documenting the battle over, and the eventual passage of, the Affordable Care Act and Michigan's Medicaid expansion. She studied communications and political science at Miami University and has a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Lourdes University (Toledo, Ohio). She and her husband raised two wonderful children — but have failed miserably at training their Beagle-Bassets — in southeast Michigan. Reach her at rerb@bridgemi.com.
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CDC loosens COVID rules with new onus on people, not schools, businesses
The Biden administration bowed to the reality that COVID-19 is here to stay and most Americans are better equipped to fend off serious illness. The new rules place more emphasis on individual responsibility.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
What’s in Senate climate bill for Michigan? EV credits and cheaper insulin.
The Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the Senate Sunday, is the country’s largest-ever investment in addressing climate change. Michigan stands to benefit from money to boost domestic electric vehicle, wind and solar production, as well as prescription drug savings for older Americans.
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Latest Huron River tests find no cancer-causing chromium; advisory remains
State regulators say testing is ongoing and caution residents to still avoid stretches of the upper river. One official calls tests so far ‘encouraging.’
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As monkeypox cases spread among gay men in Michigan, messaging becomes tricky
As cases grow, health officials weigh a risk: How do you avoid stigmatizing pox as a gay disease while also warning LBGTQ people they are most at risk?
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Michigan abortion ban remains on hold following court hearing Wednesday
Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Cunningham extended the temporary restraining order for two more weeks, when another hearing will be held.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Cancer-causing hexavalent chromium spills from Wixom plant into Huron River
Residents in parts of two Michigan counties are told to avoid “all contact” with Huron River water due to “several thousand gallons” of liquid containing a carcinogen from Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom, the plant behind a previous spill involving PFAS.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan abortion ban is — then isn’t — in effect after two court rulings
Legal abortion access was thrown into legal jeopardy Monday when the Court of Appeals ruled county prosecutors could enforce a 1931 ban. But a temporary restraining order later Monday kept the procedure legal, for now.
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Michigan abortion waits stretch for weeks as out–of-state patients pour in
Michigan’s clinics were already strained in March, before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal right to abortion, leaving abortion access to the states. Now, residents from states banning or limiting abortion are adding to Michigan’s wait.
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A blow to Michigan Alzheimer’s patients after research fraud claim
Allegations that an Alzheimer’s researcher may have doctored photos in a landmark 2006 study are the latest setback to patients and families following years of promising clinical trials that ended in disappointment.