The state loosened income eligibility requirements for families to qualify for the Women, Infants and Children program, which provides food assistance for pregnant and postpartum women as well as children under the age of 5.
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Amid cancer drug shortages, some Michigan doctors are forced to ration.
The scarcity of two core cancer drugs, carboplatin and cisplatin, have grown so acute that some patients may be forced to delay treatment or take lesser doses.
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Mumford grad prioritizes health in Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood
May is Mental Health Awareness month. Siblings Corina Malone and Corey Williams are inviting Detroiters to free yoga classes on Friday evenings to support healthy habits.
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Michigan is short on Adderall, penicillin, cancer drugs amid supply woes
Drug shortages have come and gone over the years, but national data confirms what Michigan doctors are feeling: they’re worse now.
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COVID public health emergency ends Thursday, what it means for Michigan
Guarantees of free COVID tests end with the last day of the national public health emergency, and there will be less data to pore through. But other impacts from a deadly pandemic will remain.
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Marcus Garvey Academy urging students to wear masks when building reopens
Students will be subject to temperature checks and officials are “strongly encouraging” masks following a high rate of flu-like symptoms
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Detroit academy temporarily closes amid high rate of flu-like illness
Marcus Garvey Academy on Detroit’s east side is closed until Monday due to high levels of illness spreading among students.
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FDA authorizes another COVID booster for older people. What to know
The updated booster is for those over 65 or with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals under the age of 50 currently are not recommended to get multiple booster shots.
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Abortion pill chaos after flurry of rulings. Michigan providers say they won’t stop
The Biden administration is filing an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a Wednesday federal court ruling restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
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Black infant mortality rates spiked in Detroit after record low in 2019
Black mothers and babies fare worse than white counterparts in the city and state–and it’s worsened since the pandemic. Here’s why and what’s being done to address it.