Construction for Gleaners’ new food assistance service in Warren is slated to begin this summer and the facility is expected to open early 2025.
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New Detroit clinic aims to shape infant mental health
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.
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Flint’s Warning to America
The city’s residents did everything right, but 10 years later they still don’t have clean water.
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As opioid funds flood Michigan, tensions rise over how to best reverse ODs
Some argue a need for more potent — and pricier — overdose reversal drugs; others frame that effort as drugmakers peddling fear. The wrong choice could cost lives.
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Michigan’s health care disparities stark for Black residents, study finds
A new scorecard finds persistent racial gaps in quality and access to care, with Michigan faring worse than other Great Lakes states in health outcomes for Black residents.
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Homeless service providers want to be ‘proactive’ ahead of NFL Draft
At the end of March, there were 52 people living unsheltered in the downtown area based on estimates from street outreach teams.
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BZA upholds denial of concrete crushing expansion in Detroit community
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of attorney Michael Wais’ name. A city zoning board has shut down a controversial plan to expand and intensify concrete crushing in the Schoolcraft Southfield neighborhood. Following a lengthy hearing on Monday, Dino-Mite Crushing and Recycling owner Green Valley Properties was denied an appeal […]
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Food rescue nonprofit seeks volunteers to collect NFL Draft donations
Metro Food Rescue anticipates rescuing enough food for as many as 30,000 meals from the NFL Draft for organizations addressing increased need.
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer proposes a caregiver tax credit − an idea many Americans support
Whitmer’s proposed $5,000 tax credit is part of a growing trend of public subsidies for families shouldering the burden of caregiving.
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Mpox back in Michigan, though numbers are lower than 2022 outbreak
Since February, health officials say they’ve detected 16 new cases of mpox, an infection primarily found among men having sex with other men. Just four cases were reported last year.