Information for nearly 57,000 patients may have been exposed when hackers were able to remotely access email accounts of three health system employees.
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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COVID is up again in Michigan. Good luck finding more info (or free tests)
COVID appears on a steady increase again, but health officials stopped collecting data as it grew increasingly imprecise.
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Pregnancy-related deaths skyrocket in Michigan
The rate of mothers dying as a result of pregnancy has increased dramatically in Michigan, and is far worse for American Indian and Black moms.
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Michigan marks 2 years of 988 crisis hotline, but awareness lags nationwide
Michigan joined the nationwide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline initiative in 2022. In the last year, over 88,000 calls have been answered.
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Michigan’s latest and last abortion report: Abortion increases 3.7%
Abortions increased for the seventh straight year in 2023. Out-of-state abortions accounted for 9% of procedures. A new law means Michigan won’t publish abortion stats after this year.
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Michigan’s 6th measles case found in Macomb County. Others potentially exposed
Another measles case has been diagnosed in a Macomb County child, with two exposure sites. The cases are part of a nationwide measles resurgence, with the last reported infection in Michigan before this year occurring in 2019.
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Eldercare aide shortage prompts 1.7M Michiganders to care for relatives
Professional dancer Tonia Deliz is among many who become family caregivers when their parents get sick. Finding solace in the job, she continued caregiving for others.
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Frustration, accusations in tense meeting about Michigan opioid funds
Several members of the Michigan Opioid Advisory Commission said addiction shouldn’t be partisan, but that politics are shutting them out of spending discussions.
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Audit: Michigan child welfare system slow, leaving kids at risk
The state’s auditor general says Michigan’s Child Protective Services is slow to investigate allegations of child abuse and neglect, but the head of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has fired back, saying the probe is “deceitful and dishonest.”
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In Obamacare health coverage, could — and should — Michigan go it alone?
A Democratic-sponsored bill would wrest control of Michigan’s health insurance marketplace from the federal government and put it in the hands of the state. Republican lawmakers are concerned about how much the change would cost.