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.
People visiting various locations in Calhoun county, including adult book stores, have been greeted with fliers announcing an outbreak of syphilis in the county. The problem? There isn’t an outbreak, says Kelly Niebel, spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Community Health.
The Kalamazoo County Health Department is in the midst of fighting an outbreak of syphilis. According to county reports, the county reports seven cases of syphilis in 2010. While that doesn’t sound like much, it is the highest number since at least 2001.
With Oakland county reporting a syphilis outbreak, and Ingham and Kent counties reporting significant new cases of the sexually transmitted infection, advocates and health officials say the state legislature’s budget-carving ways are in part to blame.
Marcus Cheatham, spokesperson for the Ingham County Health Department, said Thursday that an outbreak of syphilis in the county appears to be under control. Michigan Messenger reported in May that Ingham County had classified an alarming increase of cases of the age-old sexually transmitted infection as an “outbreak.” At that time, the county had 10 [...]
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.
An outbreak of the sexually transmitted bacterial infection syphilis continues to claim more patients, the Genessee County Health Department confirmed in an interview. In August with the number of confirmed cases at 70, GCHD spokesman Mark Valacak told Michigan Messenger the outbreak was waning.
The largest outbreak of syphilis in Genesee County in years is beginning to wane, officials say.
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