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.
In December of 2009, Michigan Messenger reported about the lack of policies and procedures in relation to the distribution of non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis (n-PEP) in the state. The n-PEP procedure uses a high dose of antiretroviral medications for 28 days to prevent the HIV virus from infecting a person after exposure. It has been shown to be relatively successful, but only if started within 72 hours of exposure.
Shortly after the first story hit, Amna Osman, director of the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Division of Health, Wellness and Disease Control, said the department would have policies in place “early next year.”
But James McCurtis, spokesman from Michigan Department of Community Health said Friday the policies are still not completed or even in place.
We are in the process of drafting polices. They still need to be approved and discussed so we are not ready to share them with the public. These types of policies cannot be rushed and we have to be very thorough. In terms of a timeframe, we hope to have them done within the next few months
This issue is particularly important in HIV prevention fields in that nPEP protocols have been approved by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, as well as the World Health Organization. Back in December, Michigan Messenger reported there was no “written in stone” policy to address nPEP as a prevention tool.
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