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Today, with the onset of the presidential campaign in Michigan, how are candidates and surrogates trying to win over middle-of-the-road voters? Also, a production short-cut in the cannabis vaping industry has regulators scrambling to close loopholes for synthetic THC. Recalling the time a jet bomber flew under the Mackinac Bridge. And, we preview a documentary on birds and their status as an indicator of environmental change. -
Steve Carmody/Michigan PublicThe Flint fire department will soon have its own ambulance responding to calls for the first time in two decades. It’s expected to pick up 15% of medical transport calls.
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Michigan is the only state that has pursued charges against Barry Cadden for deaths resulting from a national meningitis outbreak in 2012. -
New bills in the Michigan Legislature are working to identify and address racism and bias within maternal health care. -
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has now been detected in a total of four dairy herds in Michigan. -
Michigan could soon require a license to practice medical nutrition therapy under a bill heading for the governor. -
A bill before a Michigan Senate committee would make it easier for residents to join the state’s Pesticide Notification Registry. -
A Michigan Medicine study is seeking to increase rates of genetic testing in the state. The goal is to better identify some kinds of cancer that can run in families and help doctors know when people may need earlier screenings. -
Michigan becomes the first state to implement separate licensing standards for kin caregivers. The goal of kinship care is to keep families together and increase equity in the child welfare system. -
A new study on discrimination against Muslims in Michigan, recent research on concussion treatment and prevention, approaches to student mental health, and a conversation with the University of Michigan's new police chief. -
Cal-Maine Foods lost about 1.9 million chickens, or 3.6% of its flock, as a result of an outbreak at a Texas plant. The CDC says, however, that a person is unlikely to get bird flu from eggs. -
A report from the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general finds a dire shortage of mental health care providers in Medicaid and Medicare, which together serve some 40% of Americans.
