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.
State health authorities have determined a third Michigan resident has Eastern Equine Encephalitis. The mosquito born illness has been plaguing horses in southwest Michigan since earlier this summer. Up to 74 horses have been confirmed with the disease.
The third victim is a 52-year-old woman from Barry county, authorities said in a press release. She was hospitalized in July and is currently receiving rehabilitation services at an undisclosed location.
The state says two others have contracted the virus. Both men are from Kalamazoo county. A 61-year-old man is home recovering from the illness while a 41-year-old man is in intensive care in a Kalamazoo County hospital.
All the victims have had contact with mosquitoes in the area.
The MDCH and the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) are continuing to receive reports of cases of EEE in horses in Southwest Michigan, including Barry, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, and St. Joseph counties. EEE is one of the most dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in the U.S., killing one third of those hospitalized with the infection, and often leaving survivors with lasting brain damage. In the face of this ongoing outbreak, Michigan residents are urged to take precautions against mosquito bites.
Health officials encourage people to avoid being out of doors at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active, as well as to wear repellent and long sleeve shirts and pants to reduce the amount of exposed skin for mosquitoes to bite.
The virus is generally found in birds, where it is passed from bird to bird by mosquitoes. However, mosquitoes infected with the virus bite horses and people, and pass the virus on to them.
There is no vaccine for humans, but horses in the affected areas should be given a booster shot of the horse vaccine.
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