I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
As the Michigan Department of Community Health announced that 54 Michigan deaths have been attributed to infection with the H1N1 virus, Attorney General Mike Cox released the results of a price comparison of the anti-viral medication Tamiflu, which is effective in combating the infection.
The results of the AG study found prices varied widely — from $28 at a location in Lansing to $140 at a pharmacy in Grand Rapids.
The Grand Rapids Press reports that pharmacies on the list are questioning the results.
“A lot factors into the price, including how many days the doctor wants and the concentration, which will vary per child,” said Jim Byington, co-owner of Village Pharmacy, which was the lowest of the 10 pharmacies surveyed in Grand Rapids at $47.90.
The better question on the Tamiflu availability is: where are all the doses the CDC released earlier this year to combat the novel virus? In April, the Michigan Department of Community Health announced the state had received 1.25 million doses of the drug as part of the release of the strategic stockpile.
The answer, MDCH spokesman James McCurtis says, is the medications were distributed to the local county health departments, who in turn distributed the medications to more localized locations such as clinics and doctor’s offices. He was unable to immediately identify how much of the medicines any of the state’s 83 counties may have received in the distributions.
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