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 new federal funding formula from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta will result in a reduction of $2.1 million in federal funding for the state of Michigan for HIV testing and prevention by 2014.
A 2006 policy guidance from the Michigan Department of Community Health that places some HIV-positive people on a statewide list without recourse for being removed from the list has advocates raising concerns about its legality.
Kent County Health Department officials are warning residents that some one is impersonating health officials. Making matters worse, the impersonator is telling residents they have tested positive for HIV. The Grand Rapids Press reports the county has received information about at least six such instances.
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.
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