Michigan’s stay-at-home order has shut supply chains to restaurants and schools and decimated the market for many farmers. ‘This is about as worried as I’ve ever been,’ one says.
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Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Immigrants among those disproportionately hurt in coronavirus crisis
Immigrants are excluded from accessing coronavirus testing and care. They deserve protections as integral community members, and because of their role on the front lines of the pandemic, writes a Detroit doctor.
Posted inTalent & Education
Half of Michigan school children will get coronavirus food cash
All families with K-12 students eligible for free or reduced lunch will receive EBT cards that can be used for groceries — no sign-up for the cards required. Meanwhile, schools are still providing meals, too.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Trump’s coronavirus ‘miracle drug’ has believers. Here's what you should know.
A Michigan lawmaker from Detroit credits the president for urging patients to consider hydroxychloroquine and other experimental treatments for COVID-19. As the virus spreads death and anxiety, here’s what we know and don’t know about the risks.
Posted inMichigan Government
What Michigan's new coronavirus stay-at-home executive order means
Yes, you can put up drywall. No, you can’t buy paint from a big box store. Or plants. Or travel between homes. But don’t worry. You won’t get arrested if you do. Probably. Bridge examines the details of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s latest stay-at-home order.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan’s coronavirus response must confront poverty and racism
The governor’s short-term measures must become part of a longer-term strategy to promote national health by addressing deep-seated and pervasive inequities that increase vulnerability to poor health and premature and unnecessary mortality.
Posted inPhil's Column
Phil Power | From coronavirus crisis, innovation may sprout
Like the Great Depression, today’s global pandemic presents opportunity for governments and institutions to re-engineer approaches to public health and economic prosperity
Posted inBusiness Watch
When Michigan unemployment, stimulus checks, and $600 CARES money will arrive
Your guide to unemployment and other payments as Michigan deals with the devastating economic impact of a deadly virus
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Detroit doctor predicts coronavirus peak in ‘few days' amid hopeful signs
Fewer COVID-19 patients are entering the Henry Ford and Michigan Medicine health systems and, at Henry Ford, more people are coming off ventilators than are going on.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Detroit man survives 18 days on ventilator. ‘Can I come home now?’
Anthony Moses was Beaumont Health in Farmington Hills’ first coronavirus patient, and when he was forced on a ventilator his prognosis looked dim. His survival is a gift to his family, but also to weary doctors who have seen enough of death.