-
Barry Cadden's specialty pharmacy caused the outbreak in 2012. More than 700 people in 20 states contracted meningitis or other debilitating illnesses. At least 64 died.
-
Michigan is the only state that has pursued charges against Barry Cadden for deaths resulting from a national meningitis outbreak in 2012.
-
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.
-
Michigan was the last state to criminally ban using a paid surrogate to have a child. Now that will change under a law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday.
-
Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the results in national elections this year could be pivotal in whether reproductive rights in Michigan will remain standing.
-
A new report looks at the impact of Michigan's parental consent requirement, which Democrats didn't try to repeal last year for fear of political backlash.
-
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will start work in April to clean up contaminated soil in Belanger Park.