The state is spending $17 million to expand 22 sites into wellness centers to provide preventive care in an effort to curb racial disparities in health outcomes.
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In Michigan, 1 in 3 students miss 18+ days of school a year, data shows
Michigan students are already suffering from pandemic learning losses. High rates of absenteeism make it worse. Rates improved slightly from last year but are still well above 2019.
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School is back in Michigan. So is COVID-19. What to know
Gone are the mask requirements and long COVID-19 isolation periods. But school leaders say it’s still important to stay home when sick.
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Free COVID shots program ends for uninsured. In Michigan, what now?
A federal program that provides COVID shots for under- and uninsured Americans and others is ending, just as updated COVID vaccines are being released.
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COVID cases rising, but more slowly, as Labor Day fun, get-togethers loom
Michigan is one of just four states with ‘moderate’ levels of COVID-19 detected in wastewater, while many states are seeing ‘high’ or ‘very high’ levels of infection. Case counts in the state are still rising, but more slowly.
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M-STEP results reveal struggles for Michigan kids who began school in COVID
Experts have warned that the pandemic’s effect on learning would last for a long time. Now, Michigan scores show third graders are scoring worse on reading than third graders prior to the pandemic.
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The latest COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out. Here’s what you need to know
Moderna and Pfizer are releasing updated vaccines to protect against the KP.2 variant of the omicron COVID-19 virus.
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Feds: Michigan trying to 'brush aside' school discrimination complaint
Office of Civil Rights says Michigan Department of Education is “brushing aside” its violation of federal protections for students with disabilities.
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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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Whitmer for president? ‘True Gretch’ reads like the book of a future candidate
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s memoir is scheduled for release in early July.