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.
For those exposed to the HIV virus that causes AIDS, access to anti-retroviral drugs within the first 72 hours may prevent them from being infected. But as the experience of one University of Michigan graduate student shows, access to the critical drugs in the state of Michigan is hit or miss at best as many health care providers are unaware of treatment protocols and the state has no guidelines for handling exposure.
An HIV-positive Macomb County man is facing charges created under Michigan’s 2004 terrorism laws for biting another man in a neighborhood scuffle. That, HIV advocates, state lawmakers and legal experts say is “cowardly” and “nonsense” and increases ignorance and stigma surrounding the virus.
Michigan’s 19 coal-fired power plants will need to install technology to reduce mercury emissions by 2015, according to new rules finalized this week. Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin and coal burning power plants are the main source of mercury in the environment. The Michigan Department of Community Health has issued fish consumption advisories for all [...]
Activists with the group Michigan POZ Action are organizing a campaign to get state lawmakers to stop legislation that will remove a law that requires persons being tested for HIV do so with informed consent.
Under current law, anyone seeking an HIV antibody test must sign a document acknowledging they have consented to the test. But under revisions proposed in the House and the Senate, any doctor would be able to order an HIV test for a patient without permission, consultation or counseling.
LANSING — Officials from the state of Michigan Department of Community Health on Monday said they the state was stepping up its reaction to the increasing number of probable cases of H1N1 influenza in the state. Among the measures, the state issued protocols for schools which have probable cases involving students as well as guidelines [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House earlier this week announced the first plan in 20 years to directly and publicly address the HIV epidemic in the United States, but that plan is not sitting well with some AIDS advocates locally in Michigan.
Coalition cites Michigan Messenger’s reporting in analysis of health concerns; state health official responds, promises to investigate cancer pattern in Monroe County
The Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), the nation’s largest HIV charity, is criticizing the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill because it holds funding flat for HIV prevention efforts through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The organization contends such a flat funding scale when taken into account with inflation is in fact a reduction [...]
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