You can go to work, but prepare to have your temperature taken at the door. You can visit your family, but not the bar. Baseball season may never start. A peek into your future when Michigan’s stay-home order ends.
Coronavirus Michigan
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Kids deserve more from school. Give them an education, not a calendar
Now’s the time — this spring and summer — to explore, to develop, and to deploy a new way of doing things in Michigan schools: a switch to mastery-based learning, a new concept for a lot of us.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Will U.S. drug supplies meet demand if Michigan hospitals see second surge?
The drug shortage has hit Michigan unevenly. Hospitals are relatively comfortable now with their supply of drugs, but are concerned about another sharp rise in patients. In southeast Michigan, the shortage is already showing itself.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Wary of hospitals during coronavirus, some Michigan moms turn to midwives
Midwives, mostly paid out of pocket, say they could serve more women and better respond to a long-term pandemic if insurance companies would cover home deliveries.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Detroit hospitals resuming surgeries, procedures after weeks of red ink
Henry Ford Health System, DMC and others say they are expanding surgeries and other procedures that had been halted for weeks during the coronavirus crisis.
Posted inBusiness Watch
‘Depression-level’ Michigan unemployment tops 1 million from coronavirus
Economists are struggling to find words to describe stunning job losses they’re seeing in the state, and they don’t know how many more will follow during the economic lockdown in a pandemic
Posted inMichigan Government
Gov. Whitmer, Midwest governors team up on plans to reopen state economies
The bipartisan team includes Democratic Govs. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Andy Beshear of Kentucky, along with Republican Govs. Mike DeWine of Ohio and Eric Holcomb of Indiana.
Posted inMichigan Government
Government layoffs, service cuts start as coronavirus guts Michigan budgets
Local governments across Michigan are beginning to lay off and furlough workers as they brace for a “perfect storm” of increased spending demands and revenue shortfalls resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic that has ground the economy to a halt. The state — facing its own projected $7 billion hole — is in no position to help.
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Opinion | Older Americans risking coronavirus exposure to get their medication
More than half of seniors in a survey indicated that they planned to keep going to the pharmacy to get refills as they normally would, despite the risk of coming in contact with someone infected with the coronavirus.
Posted inPhil's Column
Phil Power | Countering coronavirus conspiracy theories with small acts of togetherness
From torched cell towers to black helicopters, conspiracy theories can run as rampant as the virus itself. In response, spreading real news is one small act in which we might find more togetherness in this time.