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Four children in Michigan may have a rare condition known as acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.AFM affects a person’s nervous system, specifically the spinal…
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The number of flu cases reported over the last month across Michigan has been going down. But thousands continue to be reported weekly, and it's premature…
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The winter of our discontent drags on. That discontent has a name: the flu. Our nation is in the middle of an especially bad – and deadly – flu season.…
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Health experts say we can catch the flu if someone coughs near us. But now there’s evidence we can spread the influenza virus into the air just by…
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Updated: 11:46 a.m. 8-10-16Most Michigan pediatricians will be following the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control, which says children ages…
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Blame "antigenic drift" for the failure of last year's flu vaccine to offer a robust protection against the illness.The Centers for Disease Control says a…
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Michigan poultry growers have so far not been affected by a dangerous new avian flu.Nearly a million turkeys in a half dozen states and Ontario have died…
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MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) - Some hospitals in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are implementing restrictions on visitors to help prevent patients and staff from…
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There’s been a spike in the number of people going to the emergency room with flu like symptoms in Kent County.Brian Hartl is an epidemiologist with the…
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Michigan hospitals may have to plan on receiving more flu patients this year.Centers for Disease Control officials say the vaccine does not protect well…