Robin Erb

COVID appears on a steady increase again, but health officials stopped collecting data as it grew increasingly imprecise.

Abortions increased for the seventh straight year in 2023. Out-of-state abortions accounted for 9% of procedures. A new law means Michigan won’t publish abortion stats after this year.

In Michigan, nearly 1 in 5 children have obesity. Some doctors say weight loss drugs can help patients get ahead of the problem before the extra weight triggers lifelong — and expensive — conditions.

Michigan’s 45-plus year history of annually publishing abortion statistics is ending under a law passed last year.

Michigan families say the state’s behavioral health system is overwhelmed and understaffed. A new first-of-its-kind Detroit clinic offers mental health support — sometimes just days after birth.

The new guidelines align COVID with other respiratory infections: Stay home if you have a fever and feel sick; return from isolation after 24 fever-free hours.

Amid conflicting reports about CDC guidelines and loosening standards in other states, Michigan’s recommendation remains to stay home for five days with positive tests.

The state spent $148,000 on a racial equity group to offer advice on how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. But after issuing recommendations, the group said it was ‘silenced.’