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.
Researchers in Europe announced they have found a new strain of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a woman from Cameroon. The new virus, researchers say, appears to have originated in gorillas, unlike the other three subtypes of the virus which are believed to have evolved in chimpanzees, the BBC is reporting.
LANSING — Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero has formally requested Attorney General Mike Cox investigate the release of the HIV status of man arrested in a sex-sting operation. The letter, dated July 29, asks the attorney general to “initiate an independent investigation of the City’s release, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, of [...]
LANSING — The man at the center of the HIV disclosure controversy has been told by three separate law enforcement agencies that they can’t take his criminal complaint he wants to file against the city attorney.
LANSING — Buried at the end of one of the arrest reports from a controversial May 22 sex-sting operation in the capital city’s Fenner Nature Center is information that one of the men arrested was HIV positive. That disclosure, experts say, may have violated the state’s confidentiality laws protecting the identity of those who are infected with the virus.
LANSING — Citing state statistics showing that one in four teenagers have a sexually transmitted infection and an “acceptable” number of unplanned pregnancies, State Rep. Rebekah Warren and State Sen. Gilda Jacobs on Tuesday introduced a series of bills they say will address the crisis.
A team of Canadian and American researchers say they have found the long elusive hiding spot for HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, and believe that combining chemotherapy with anti-retroviral medications could eliminate the virus completely from the human body, according to a report on Canadian Television.
LANSING — State Rep. Pam Byrnes, a Democrat from Washtenaw County’s Lyndon Township, is planning to introduce legislation that would repeal Michigan’s 2004 ban on same-sex marriages. “The time has come,” the speaker pro-tem said in an interview with Michigan Messenger on Friday afternoon. “I think attitudes are changing. We are seeing other states flip [...]
LANSING — Facing a significant increase in reported cases of syphilis infections, the Ingham County Health Department says it’s in the midst of an outbreak of the sexually transmitted bacterial infection. The county is not alone and local health officials across the state are on the lookout for signs of a worsening situation.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that the City of Detroit Health Department would receive $1,348,680 in federal stimulus funds to continue to operate a 14-unit housing facility for persons with HIV. The money was released under the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) program and is a three year grant. [...]
Hawkeye State lacks residency requirements for marriage, opening the door to out-of-state same-sex couples to wed.
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