A West Michigan representative said he originally dismissed the need for such a law. Then he noticed his own daughter’s teeth.
Robin Erb
Robin Erb covers health care and aging for Bridge Michigan, focusing on a state that is aging faster than most. She has led investigations tracking opioid settlement money and health care worker shortages, and previously spent six years at the Detroit Free Press covering the Affordable Care Act and Michigan's Medicaid expansion. She holds a master's degree from Lourdes University in Toledo.
Robin and her husband raised two children in southeast Michigan — and have failed miserably at training their Beagle-Bassets.
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High blood pressure is rampant in Michigan. Better data may lead to a cure.
An ambitious effort from Wayne State University correlates blood pressure and demographic data. The findings are surprising, and could hold a key to reducing preventable deaths in Michigan.
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Dan Gilbert health crisis spotlights strokes, one of Michigan’s top killers
Detroit developer Dan Gilbert is hospitalized with a stroke. What you should know about the ailment
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Michigan’s abortion rate among nation’s highest. What you need to know.
As lawmakers debate restrictions on abortion in Michigan and elsewhere, a look at numbers that help frame the debate.