Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the U.S., and cases are on the rise in Michigan.
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West Nile Virus is not shared person to person, or animal to person. An infected mosquito must bite an individual or animal.
Less than 70% of children ages 19-36 months in Michigan have completed the recommended doses.
Everyone is at risk from the dangers of extreme heat, but some populations are more vulnerable than most.
The screenings are for kindergarten and young 5-age youth. Screenings in Three Rivers and Sturgis will take place Wednesday, August 14.
Funding was secured through a $200 million appropriation in the fiscal year 2025 School Aid budget recently signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
A broad group of clean energy, health and environmental advocacy organizations has voiced opposition to a ballot initiative seeking to reverse clean energy siting policy approved by the Legislature in November.
The caucus will highlight potential policy solutions, including “stemming hospital closures, ensuring fair and adequate reimbursement rates, strengthening the health workforce, reducing health inequities and expanding telehealth and other innovative care delivery models.”
The 100% pass rate was achieved on the graduates’ first attempt with the NCLEX exam and is higher than the passing rates for both the state (78.97%), and the nation (79.91%) based on 2022 data. An 80 percent pass rate is required for the program to maintain accreditation.
Michigan Advance’s Monique Stanton writes, “Year after year, Michigan stands out in children’s health and in making sure our kids have health insurance. But more work is still needed to increase health insurance coverage and reduce costs for all families.”
States struggling to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines are likely just a few days away from a pivotal development in the vaccination race: the availability of a shot that requires only one dose.
Unconscious bias in medical care and a history of experimentation and exploitation of Blacks for medical knowledge has left many in the Black community questioning everything about the vaccines — from the racial demographics of who has been inoculated already, to whether people of color were studied in the safety and efficacy trials and whether the vaccines even work. State officials hope to ease those concerns and erase racial disparities in COVID vaccination rates.