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.
The Michigan Department of Community Health says that Michigan residents without insurance or cash to pay the $1,000 tab for a one month prescription to prevent infection with HIV after an exposure are on their own in finding ways to pay for the drugs.
Wayne State University researchers have identified antibiotic-resistant MRSA bacteria in meat from grocery stores in Metro Detroit.
The CDC has just released new estimates of the number of people in the nation newly infected with HIV in 2006, and they show an increase of 34 percent. But Midwest AIDS Prevention Project (MAPP) Executive Director Craig Covey says there is no surprise in the increase.
Rabies on the rise but vaccines in short supply The Michigan Department of Community Health has identified twice as many rabid animals this year as it had at the same time last year — 18 positive infections so far. For all of last year, Michigan recorded a record 210 rabies infected animals. The state called [...]
Misoprostol, a companion drug to RU-486 that is used during medication abortions, is safe when taken orally but could reduce the body’s immune response when used vaginally, according to a study released Monday by researchers at the University of Michigan. Vaginal use of the drug may be responsible for the deaths by rare infection of [...]
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