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.
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Whitmer: Abortion pill remains ‘legal in Michigan,’ despite judge’s ruling
A conservative federal judge suspended approval of the abortion medication mifepristone. An appeal and legal fight loom.
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Two in five Michigan nurses plan to leave their jobs, survey finds
A University of Michigan researcher and long-time nurse said he’s never seen frustration so high. Covid exacerbated things, he says.
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On second look, Michigan’s COVID death rate wasn’t so bad, study finds
If based solely by population, Michigan had the 10th worst COVID death rate of any state in the nation. But when adjusted for the state’s older and less healthy population, the state’s handling of the pandemic fares much better.
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Wayne County declares public health emergency at juvenile jail
An order, signed by Wayne County Executive Warren Evans and Abdul El-Sayed, who heads the county’s health office, says overcrowding has led to violence, assault and “an environment that is dangerous.”