Avian flu has spread to livestock in at least six Michigan counties. Now, the state is ordering farmers to take more action — the ‘most comprehensive measures in the country.’
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 Tracker | Cases increase; Bridge discontinuing tracker
This tracker recorded Michigan’s COVID-19 case numbers, positivity rate, county infection rates, and weekly cases along with maps and daily state curve data.
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Infant mental health: Michigan clinic aims to build resiliency for a lifetime
Michigan families say the state’s behavioral health system is overwhelmed and understaffed. A new Detroit clinic offers a jump start on mental health — sometimes just days after birth.
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U-M expert probes psychological effect of active-shooter drills in schools
Active-shooter drills are required in Michigan’s schools, but the forms they take vary — from tabletop exercises among staff to school-day drills that feature actors posing as assailants. A federal panel will ask: To what end and at what cost?
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Bill would ease access to birth control for minors, others in Michigan
Michigan lawmakers Thursday moved forward legislation to allow pharmacists to write scripts for birth control, whatever a patient’s age.
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Michigan’s health care disparities stark for Black residents, study finds
A new scorecard finds persistent racial gaps in quality and access to care, with Michigan faring worse than other Great Lakes states in health outcomes for Black residents.
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As opioid funds flood Michigan, tensions rise over how best to reverse ODs
Some argue a need for more potent — and pricier — overdose reversal drugs; others frame that effort as drugmakers peddling fear. The wrong choice could cost lives.
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Mpox back in Michigan, though numbers are lower than 2022 outbreak
Since February, health officials say they’ve detected 16 new cases of mpox, an infection primarily found among men having sex with other men. Just four cases were reported last year.
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Michigan’s fifth measles case found in Detroit. Others potentially exposed
A child in Detroit has measles and may have exposed others to the highly contagious virus, according to health officials. It’s the fifth known case this year in Michigan, which had gone four years without.
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In traveling RV, Michigan nurse tries to undo opioid damage she helped cause
Michigan nurse Jordana Latozas began her career writing prescriptions for pain pills in “a different world.” Fourteen years later, she said, she’s trying to right the wrong that those pills caused.