Once strangers who sought privacy and quiet, PFAS has forced unexpected alliances in northern Kent County. This week, one group took their stories to Boston, fueled by a love of community.
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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See if your child is eligible for free Michigan dental care from Medicaid
Many of Michigan’s poor children and adults have gone years without dental care, losing teeth and risking serious health problems. Here is how to find free help for your child’s oral health.
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Michigan offers free dental care to poor kids; more than 400,000 don’t use it
Nearly half the state’s poor young people don’t take advantage of the Medicaid program, compromising their health. Explanations are complicated. But the problem is fixable.
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Michigan lawmaker: Require dental screenings for school children
A West Michigan representative said he originally dismissed the need for such a law. Then he noticed his own daughter’s teeth.
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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.