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Who gets vaccinated next

WEBHere's what you need to know. Anyone over age 65 can start getting vaccinated starting January 11. Starting January 11, some frontline essential workers and anyone over the …

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Michigan's fourth surge was preventable. Now, "people die who …

WEBNow, "people die who don't have to die." Michigan's fourth surge was preventable. Now, "people die who don't have to die." An intubated patient with coronavirus pneumonia in …

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Nearly all Michigan healthcare jobs will face shortages within 10 …

WEBNearly every healthcare occupation in Michigan will experience staff shortages over the next 10 years, with mental health services and lower-paying jobs facing some of the biggest …

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Patient safety scores at Michigan hospitals still in decline, says

WEBA new report says patient safety is still declining in Michigan hospitals compared to before the pandemic. Bret Jackson heads the Economic Alliance for Michigan, which issued the …

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Michigan ahead of curve in opening new kind of community …

WEBThe Biden administration is increasing funding for a new kind of mental health clinic, first established by legislation introduced in 2015 by Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow. …

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Michigan slowly entering a new phase of the pandemic

WEBHealth officials have given up on broad contact tracing, or even getting people to report positive at-home tests. Now, it's about 3 things: keeping deaths low, hospitals from …

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As COVID surges again in Michigan, many hospitals are already full

WEBSpectrum reported Tuesday it was treating 367 patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, a new record for the hospital system that surpassed the peak set last November. …

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West Michigan hospital system once again stretched to capacity …

WEBElmouchi says Spectrum has expanded from three ICU teams to 10 ICU teams in Grand Rapids to help handle the swell of patients. And after more than a year of battling the …

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MDHHS updates COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidance, …

WEBMDHHS updates COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidance, with exceptions. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says it will follow recent CDC …

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Michigan gets CDC grant to expand infectious disease genome …

WEBThe Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced the $18.5 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control this week. It will bring labs from …

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Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans starts …

WEBMichiganders can sign up for a 2023 Marketplace plan under the Affordable Care Act from November 1, 2022 through January 15, 2023. During open enrollment, they can select …

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Initiative launched to combat hypertension in Detroit

WEBThe new initiative will use a community-oriented approach to identify and treat undiagnosed or uncontrolled hypertension in Detroit. It will use medically-supervised health care …

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MDHHS provides free naloxone to community organizations …

WEBCommunity organizations can now request free naloxone through a web portal launched by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Naloxone, also known by the …

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Would mandating nurse-to-patient ratios make Michigan …

WEBBut the industry and the unions are split over legislation in Lansing that would mandate nurse-to-patient ratios. Called the Safe Patient Care Act, it would require 1-to-1 ratios in …

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Munson Healthcare moves to "level red" for the first time as …

WEBNorthern Michigan’s largest hospital network said a surge of COVID cases in the region has pushed the system past its capacity. Munson Healthcare has moved its pandemic …

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A doctor, a miracle baby, and the fight to save dying coronavirus …

WEBPublished April 23, 2020 at 5:12 PM EDT. Courtesy of Michigan Medicine. Retired surgeon Dr. Robert Bartlett helped pioneer technology that takes over the heart and lung …

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Michigan nurses report more patients dying due to understaffing, …

WEBThe number of Michigan nurses reporting a patient death due to understaffing has doubled in recent years, according to a new poll commissioned by the Michigan Nurses …

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What changing Michigan’s abortion laws would mean for patients’ …

WEBThe Reproductive Health Act would also remove the current laws about reporting abortions and any complications directly to the state within seven days. Those laws say failure to …

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