As of May, COVID-19 is no longer declared as a federal public health emergency. But many Michiganders are still living with long COVID as experts struggle to define and treat the syndrome.
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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How a Michigan hospital is acting to save lives of Black pregnant women
Deaths of pregnant and new moms underscore a stark disparity: Black women are nearly three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white women. Henry Ford Health in Detroit is trying a simple approach to narrow that gap.
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Michigan may add organ donation registry to state income tax forms
Legislation in Lansing would prompt taxpayers to consider adding their name to the organ donor registry.
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Michigan’s second human donor milk bank opens in Jackson
The Henry Ford Milk Bank will prioritize providing donor milk from a pool of lactating mothers to inpatient infants.
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Women of color dying in childbirth is a crisis. Are doulas the answer?
The death of an Olympian elevates awareness of a longtime crisis in maternal mortality. Michigan is making it easier for Medicaid recipients to receive doulas who advocate for mothers, who are disproportionately given cesarians.
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As child mental health rates rise, Michigan sharply cuts residential beds
The state wants to limit the number of seriously ill children placed in institutional settings. But it’s getting pushback from some parents whose children are too volatile to stay at home and need longer-term residential care that’s in short supply.
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Michigan reports new lows (the good kind) on COVID
Hospitalization, death and even sewage surveillance records suggest COVID has lost a good part of its deadly edge in Michigan, but cautions remain.
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New blood donor rules for gay men may help Michigan hospitals amid shortage
After a years-long blood shortage, hospitals look to an expanded pool of eligible donors: gay and bisexual men.
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Meet Moxi, the newest nurse assistant of Trinity Michigan medical team
A 3D printed, high-grade plastic nurse assistant with heart-shaped eyes may be working behind the scenes at your next hospital visit, fetching your medications and your lunch and allowing human coworkers to spend more time at the bedside.
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Amid cancer drug shortages, some Michigan doctors are forced to ration.
The scarcity of two core cancer drugs, carboplatin and cisplatin, have grown so acute that some patients may be forced to delay treatment or take lesser doses.