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Whatโs Going Around: Influenza, COVID, stomach virus, respiratory viruses, RSV, strep throat
Read full article: Whatโs Going Around: Influenza, COVID, stomach virus, respiratory viruses, RSV, strep throatHereโs our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.
What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for health secretary
Read full article: What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for health secretaryPresident-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nationโs sprawling public health apparatus.
Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
Read full article: Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushingFor the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change havenโt lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get โ even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday.
Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality
Read full article: Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equalityDemocratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access.
Bill on school bathroom use by transgender students clears Ohio Legislature, heads to governor
Read full article: Bill on school bathroom use by transgender students clears Ohio Legislature, heads to governorThe Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities.
Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election
Read full article: Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the electionDoctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week.
Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They're flooding crisis hotlines
Read full article: Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They're flooding crisis hotlinesTransgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.
Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'
Read full article: Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'Four women suing over Idahoโs strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth โ and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in danger.
Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group's $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys
Read full article: Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group's $3.3 billion purchase of AmedisysThe Justice Department is suing to block UnitedHealth Groupโs $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys.
Understanding pediatric spinal trauma: What parents need to know about head and spine injuries
Read full article: Understanding pediatric spinal trauma: What parents need to know about head and spine injuriesAny type of trauma from a fall, motor vehicle accident or even sports injuries can result in a head and spine injury.
Michiganโs overdose death rate drops 5 times faster than national average, says state officials
Read full article: Michiganโs overdose death rate drops 5 times faster than national average, says state officialsMichiganโs overdose deaths have dropped faster than the national average in 2023, according to the stateโs Department of Health and Human Services.
WHO says mpox cases in Congo's epicenter where the new variant was detected may be 'plateauing'
Read full article: WHO says mpox cases in Congo's epicenter where the new variant was detected may be 'plateauing'The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be โplateauing,โ even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda.
Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional
Read full article: Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotionalFour-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month.
'I got my life back.' Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program
Read full article: 'I got my life back.' Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog programAfter working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather OโBrien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
Read full article: Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is validAn attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban.
Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killer
Read full article: Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killerThe majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that.
Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
Read full article: Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spikeAnti-abortion advocates say they will quickly dismantle some of President Joe Biden's abortion policies once President-elect Donald Trump makes his return to the White House next year.
Michigan jury awards millions to a woman fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Read full article: Michigan jury awards millions to a woman fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccineA jury has awarded more than $12 million to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Michigan asbestos firm successful in obtaining compensation from both $30B trust funds and responsible corporations
Read full article: Michigan asbestos firm successful in obtaining compensation from both $30B trust funds and responsible corporationsExposure to asbestos can increase the risk of certain cancers, including lung cancer and mesothelioma.
Health care worker gets 2 years for accessing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's medical records
Read full article: Health care worker gets 2 years for accessing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's medical recordsA former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died has been sentenced to two years in prison.
CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infections
Read full article: CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infectionsFederal health officials are calling for more testing and treatment of workers on farms with bird flu.
Don't wait for a holiday surge. Now is a good time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines
Read full article: Don't wait for a holiday surge. Now is a good time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccinesHealth officials say it's important to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the holidays when respiratory bugs tend to spread.
UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
Read full article: UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside AfricaBritish health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa.
UK doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother's partner with fake COVID vaccine
Read full article: UK doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother's partner with fake COVID vaccineA British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and tried to kill his motherโs boyfriend by injecting him with a fake COVID-19 vaccine that was poison has been sentenced to 31 years in prison.
UK introduces a bill that would eventually make the purchase of cigarettes illegal
Read full article: UK introduces a bill that would eventually make the purchase of cigarettes illegalLegislation intended to ban todayโs British children from ever legally being able to smoke has begun its journey through Parliament.
Abortion rights advocates win in 7 states and clear way to overturn Missouri ban but lose in 3
Read full article: Abortion rights advocates win in 7 states and clear way to overturn Missouri ban but lose in 3Abortion rights advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ballot measures but prevailed in seven other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation's strictest bans.
Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack again
Read full article: Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack againThe last three hospitals still partially functioning in northern Gaza have been encircled by Israeli troops and caught amid fighting for weeks.
Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election Day
Read full article: Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election DayThousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations.
Debate over abortion rights leads to expensive campaigns for high-stakes state Supreme Court seats
Read full article: Debate over abortion rights leads to expensive campaigns for high-stakes state Supreme Court seatsThe debate over abortion rights is leading to expensive campaigns for state Supreme Courts in several states this year.
An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it's a first
Read full article: An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it's a firstA regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.
Cold and flu season: Understanding why some are more prone to illnesses
Read full article: Cold and flu season: Understanding why some are more prone to illnessesIt seems that some are just more prone to illnesses than others, but why? Is there anything that accounts for the difference, or is there something more at play?
Cold, flu, or COVID-19? Expert guidance from an internal medicine doctor
Read full article: Cold, flu, or COVID-19? Expert guidance from an internal medicine doctorIt can be difficult to determine whether you have a cold, flu or COVID-19, especially this time of year when illnesses begin to ramp up.
Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW Pakistan
Read full article: Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW PakistanA powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan, killing nine people including five nearby children.
Louisianaโs new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims
Read full article: Louisianaโs new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claimsLouisianaโs new law categorizing two widely used abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances is being challenged in a state court lawsuit by a physician, a pharmacist, two women who had difficult pregnancies and others.
A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?
Read full article: A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?Some people who took a new schizophrenia drug for one year improved with only a few side effects, but many dropped out of the research.
'Obamacare' enrollment opens, as Republicans threaten the health insurance program used by millions
Read full article: 'Obamacare' enrollment opens, as Republicans threaten the health insurance program used by millionsAmericans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025.
EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug
Read full article: EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drugThe European Commission has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival companyโs development of a competing medicine.
Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion ads
Read full article: Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion adsA federal judge has continued to block the head of Floridaโs health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion rights measure on next weekโs ballot.
Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers
Read full article: Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officersPakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead.
Michigan launches โSOS Maternity Networkโ to address maternal and infant deaths
Read full article: Michigan launches โSOS Maternity Networkโ to address maternal and infant deathsLast November, the March of Dimes awarded the state of Michigan a โD+โ for its efforts to safeguard the health of pregnant women and babies.
Consumer Reports: Experts advise quick action for headache pain relief
Read full article: Consumer Reports: Experts advise quick action for headache pain reliefYour head hurts. Maybe you were staring at your computer or phone too long. Or you skipped breakfast, didnโt sleep well, or got stressed fighting traffic. But now that itโs here, what can you do to get rid of it? CR explains what to take to treat the dreaded head pain.
People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead
Read full article: People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared deadTransplant experts are seeing a spike in people refusing to become organ donors, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead.
Pakistan begins another vaccination campaign after a worrying surge in polio cases
Read full article: Pakistan begins another vaccination campaign after a worrying surge in polio casesPakistan has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases.
McDonaldโs Quarter Pounder back on the menu after testing rules out beef patties as E. coli source
Read full article: McDonaldโs Quarter Pounder back on the menu after testing rules out beef patties as E. coli sourceMcDonald's says testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E.
Whatโs Going Around: Viral illnesses, pneumonia, upper respiratory infections, asthma & allergies
Read full article: Whatโs Going Around: Viral illnesses, pneumonia, upper respiratory infections, asthma & allergiesHereโs our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.
At least 1 Michigander sick as deadly McDonaldโs E. coli outbreak expands
Read full article: At least 1 Michigander sick as deadly McDonaldโs E. coli outbreak expandsNationally, 22 people have been hospitalized, the CDC said. Two people developed a dangerous kidney disease complication and one person died.
At least 75 people are sickened as the deadly McDonald's E. coli outbreak expands
Read full article: At least 75 people are sickened as the deadly McDonald's E. coli outbreak expandsA food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sickened in 13 states.
Harris and Beyoncรฉ ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump
Read full article: Harris and Beyoncรฉ ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against TrumpKamala Harris and Beyoncรฉ ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday.
Officials find no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after Missouri investigation
Read full article: Officials find no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after Missouri investigationHealth officials say thereโs no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after investigating a mysterious Missouri infection.
McDonald's and Boar's Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safe
Read full article: McDonald's and Boar's Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safeDeadly food poisoning outbreaks tied to McDonald's and Boar's Head may have left Americans wondering whether there are new risks in the U.S. food supply.
British killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal bid for attempted baby murder conviction
Read full article: British killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal bid for attempted baby murder convictionAn appeals court in London has rejected British killer nurse Lucy Letbyโs bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl in her care.
EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paint
Read full article: EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paintThe Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities.
How will abortion laws motivate women in North Carolina to vote in this election?
Read full article: How will abortion laws motivate women in North Carolina to vote in this election?Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tensions over abortion have only intensified, setting the presidential election up as a referendum on fundamental rights for tens of millions of women.
Abortion bans are top of mind for young women in North Carolina as they consider Harris or Trump
Read full article: Abortion bans are top of mind for young women in North Carolina as they consider Harris or TrumpTikTok videos of women turned away from emergency rooms because of state abortion bans haunt one young female voter in North Carolina.
People 50 and older should get pneumococcal vaccine, U.S. health officials recommend
Read full article: People 50 and older should get pneumococcal vaccine, U.S. health officials recommendU.S. health officials are recommending that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and other dangerous illnesses.
50 years after Philadelphia halted prison medical testing, families seek reparations
Read full article: 50 years after Philadelphia halted prison medical testing, families seek reparationsFifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed a University of Pennsylvania researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black.
Bad state data may misdirect nearly $1 billion in federal funds to replace lead pipes
Read full article: Bad state data may misdirect nearly $1 billion in federal funds to replace lead pipesThe Environmental Protection Agency didn't ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had.
Quarter Pounders are off the menu at 20% of McDonald's in US as E. coli cases are investigated
Read full article: Quarter Pounders are off the menu at 20% of McDonald's in US as E. coli cases are investigatedMcDonaldโs is working to reassure U.S. customers that its restaurants are safe even as federal investigators try to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E.
Harris ad shows a Texas woman who lost baby and nearly died from sepsis amid strict abortion ban
Read full article: Harris ad shows a Texas woman who lost baby and nearly died from sepsis amid strict abortion banA striking new Kamala Harris campaign ad campaign that seeks to highlight increasingly perilous medical care for women since the fall of Roe tells the story of a Texas woman named Ondrea who got a life-threatening infection when she couldnโt get medical care after she miscarried, and now may no longer be able to have children.
UK regulator approves second Alzheimer's drug in months but government won't pay for it
Read full article: UK regulator approves second Alzheimer's drug in months but government won't pay for itBritainโs drug regulator approved the Alzheimerโs drug Kisunla on Wednesday, but the government wonโt be paying for it after an independent watchdog agency said the treatment isnโt worth the cost to taxpayers.
An Alabama judge appoints a mediator in a long-running medical marijuana dispute
Read full article: An Alabama judge appoints a mediator in a long-running medical marijuana disputeA judge has appointed a mediator to try to negotiate an end to a long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama.
Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state's abortion ban in a pitch to battleground voters
Read full article: Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state's abortion ban in a pitch to battleground votersVice President Kamala Harris plans to head to reliably Republican Texas just 10 days before Election Day to try to refocus her campaign against former President Donald Trump on reproductive care.