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Healthcare professionals have used measles vaccines for decades, but misinformation about vaccines can contribute to people ignoring routine vaccinations.
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Common Ground is opening the United Resiliency Center in East Lansing on March 4.
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Michigan Medicine is teaming up with a drone company to launch the program in 2024.
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A lot of people don't think twice about buying milk, says Teresa Calderez. "But there are lots of us out here who can't buy a gallon of milk when we need it."
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A Mississippi woman's life has been transformed by a treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. All her symptoms from a disease once thought incurable have disappeared.
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It’s been three years since Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency after the first detection of the COVID-19 virus in Michigan. Now, medical providers say an annual COVID vaccine may become routine.
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Researchers at Michigan State University found variation in the cost of COVID-19 PCR tests for insurance companies may mean increased premiums for some policy holders.
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Participants in the federal food program might want to reevaluate their eligibility level for SNAP — and consider other assistance programs — as a pandemic-era supplement ends this month.
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Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million a year — the second deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19. Using immune cells and mRNA technology, scientists in South Africa are working on a new vaccine.
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Shigella causes shigellosis, an inflammatory diarrhea. The extensively drug-resistant strain is relatively uncommon overall, but it's being seen in more cases among adults.
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The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live.
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Michigan’s first influenza-associated pediatric death of the season was announced Thursday. Now, state health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated.