Health

Michigan State University is completing a project to add more complimentary menstruation product dispensers in buildings across its campus.

The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.

While highly transmissible, MSU infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Gulick says experts aren’t too concerned about the XBB.1.5 strain dramatically increasing the number of tragic outcomes.

After an "unprecedented" RSV and flu season that overwhelmed Michigan's children's hospitals, cases are declining and bed capacity is getting back to normal.

The 3-digit suicide and crisis lifeline – 988 – fielded nearly half a million more calls, texts and chats in its first 5 months than the old 10-digit Lifeline did during the same time in 2021.

The organization, which provides a variety of services to women at no cost, is hosting its first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday to repaint its interiors and make the space more therapeutic for clients.

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services has released a new consumer guide to help prevent you from paying for unexpectedly high out-of-network medical bills.

RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.

The cases of accidental ingestion of cannabis candies and baked goods among small children increased 1,375% in five years, according to a study in the journal Pediatrics.

Beginning January 1st, Michigan Medicaid will cover doula services. Doulas provide critical support to a pregnant person, but these services can cost hundreds of dollars.