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.
A dying HIV-positive inmate in Florida has officially moved from a secure wing in a Miami hospital to a hospice facility. Betsie Gallardo was provided a conditional medical release in a special meeting of the Florida Parole Commission on Wednesday.
An emergency session of the Florida Parole Commission Wednesday resulted in the conditional medical release of 27-year-old Betsie Gallardo, reports Bil Browning at Bilerico.
Betsie Gallardo, the HIV-positive woman serving five years in a Florida prison, has been transferred from the prison infirmary to Kendall Medical Center, reports her mother Jessica Bussert. The transfer was made so Gallardo could begin receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) IV treatment.
Florida lawmakers, responding to reports on the Michigan Messenger, the Florida Independent and Bilerico, have intervened in the case of Betsie Gallardo and are asking the parole board to release her.
Late Sunday, state and local election officials announced that absentee balloting in the race for the 20th state Senate seat would be suspended pending decisions on how to handle the unexpected death of the Democratic nominee, reports the Kalamazoo Gazette. State Rep. and former Kalamazoo Mayor Robert Jones died unexpectedly Sunday at his home. No [...]
The National Cancer Institute’s President’s Cancer Panel — a group whose members were appointed by previous president George W. Bush — has issued a report warning that the environmental causes of cancer are “grossly underestimated”. The panel is urging federal action to reduce public exposure to carcinogens, Environmental Health News reports.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has asked the National Academy of Sciences to research the cancer risk associated with living near a nuclear power plant, the Institute for Southern Studies reports. The Commission said that “recurrent stakeholder requests” prompted the request for new research.
Walmart is facing criticism, legal action and a boycott call over a decision to fire a 29-year-old employee of its Battle Creek store for using medical marijuana. The story broke last week on Kalamazoo based news station WWMT, and Grand Rapids television station WZZM also reported on it. According to the The WZZM report, Joseph [...]
Coalition cites Michigan Messenger’s reporting in analysis of health concerns; state health official responds, promises to investigate cancer pattern in Monroe County
President Barack Obama’s commitment to increased funding for cancer research has drawn praise from many, but a group of doctors and advocates known as the Cancer Prevention Coalition says it falls short by failing to direct the National Cancer Institute to publicize information about known carcinogens and how to avoid them.
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