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Home » health

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Health department workers enter facility in Andrews, Texas with doses of measles vaccine.
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Measles makes a comeback: Is US on the brink of new epidemic?

Avatar photo by The Conversation May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

As measles cases surge globally, the U.S. faces a significant rise with 935 reported cases by May 2, raising concerns about the disease becoming endemic again if vaccination rates do not improve.

Measles rash
Posted inNews

Why Michigan is vulnerable to measles outbreaks: ‘Public health has been a victim of our own success’

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt March 14, 2025March 18, 2025
DTE ENERGY
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: DTE scrutinized for executive bonuses amid outages

Avatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak October 16, 2024October 16, 2024
workers line a sidewalk holding picketing signs
Posted inCommunity

What we’re reading: Democrats struggle to win over Michigan autoworkers

Avatar photo by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak September 18, 2024September 19, 2024
hazardous materials on ambassador bridge
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: Hazardous materials permitted on Ambassador Bridge

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt September 11, 2024September 19, 2024
A fallen electrical pole lays across a road. The DTE outage was caused by a violent summer storm
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: DTE avoids paying customer credits after mass outage

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt September 5, 2024September 19, 2024
A fallen electrical pole lays across a road. The DTE outage was caused by a violent summer storm
Posted inNews

What we’re reading: Over 365,000 Michiganders lose power during one of summer’s hottest weeks.

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt August 29, 2024September 19, 2024
A man sits at a desk in an office
Posted inNews

Detroit Islamic center offers free mental health services to anyone in need

by Allie Jacobs July 25, 2024August 23, 2024
A sign that reads "City of Detroit Water and Sewerage" sits on the street as water runs along the curb.
Posted inNews

Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017

Avatar photo by The Conversation June 12, 2024June 12, 2024
Cows each hay behind a wooden barrier.
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‘None of us saw this coming’: Michigan confronts bird flu in cows

Avatar photo by Izzy Ross, IPR June 6, 2024June 6, 2024

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