It’s the second major system to drop transgender services after Michigan Medicine announced last month it would stop providing hormonal therapies and puberty blocker medications for young patients.
Michigan Health Watch
In-depth reporting on the intersection between public policy and important health topics ‒ such as insurance coverage, hospital admissions, opioid abuse, access to care, medical research and the business of health care ‒ that impact nearly every Michigan resident.
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Michigan farmer suicide help may be endangered by state funding snub
Michigan farmers commit suicide at more than twice the rate of other occupations. Dueling budgets in the Legislature include no funding for intervention or help.
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Vaccine skepticism puts Michigan kids’ health at risk, doctors group warns
As the federal government moves away from widely recommending vaccines, the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians continues to promote immunizations as safe and effective.
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What you need to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Michigan
Changes at the federal level are making access to the mRNA shot, as well as insurance coverage challenging, while doctors still tout the treatment as effective in treating and preventing coronavirus infection.
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Syphilis on rise in Michigan newborns as some adult cases decline
State health officials report a three-year decline in primary and secondary syphilis infections while grappling with a surge in cases passed from mothers to babies.
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State lawmakers describe ‘lack of service’ in Michigan’s mental health system
With too few psychiatric beds and staff to manage them, people with severe mental illness find themselves in emergency departments and county jails.
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Doctors under pressure as U-M ends gender-affirming care for minors
Under federal threat, University of Michigan to end gender-affirming care for patients under age 19. That puts pressure on other doctors, too. ‘I’m not going to jail over this,’ says one.
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Michigan lawmakers push to expand Rx Kids, but does ‘no strings’ cash work?
A Michigan Senate committee held a hearing Tuesday on expanding Rx Kids, which offers recipients $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 a month for their children in their first year of life.
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Breast milk deliveries from Michigan prison benefit babies with moms behind bars
Breast milk is going mobile at Michigan’s only women’s prison with a new $500,000 delivery program to babies of incarcerated moms.
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Michigan Head Start, health programs scramble amid immigration crackdown
Some immigrants are barred from using federally backed social programs like health centers and Head Start following the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of a decades-old rule.