Kate Wells

State health officials are urging parents to make sure their kids' vaccinations are up to date, ahead of going back to school.

A $10,000 grant helps trans teens and young adults afford therapy, and connects them with therapists who are experts in LGBTQ mental health.

Until now, the limit was $15,000 in assets including cash, check and savings accounts, as well as some investments.

The National Weather Service is extending its air quality alerts through Friday for much of the state.

But while abortions increased in states like Michigan, the nation saw a cumulative 25,000 fewer abortions in the nine months since the court’s decision.

Michigan's child vaccination rates are now the lowest they've been in years.

First Lady Jill Biden is coming to Ann Arbor on Monday, as part of the White Houses's 20-state "Investing in America" tour.

Michigan has earned a failing grade for its efforts to combat lead contamination in school drinking water, according to a new national report.“Nearly a decade after the advent of the Flint water crisis, Michigan still has no law or regulation to stop lead contamination of schools’ drinking water,” conclude the report’s authors, with the Environment America Research & Policy Center and the U.S. Public Research Interest Group Education Fund.

Several children's hospitals in Michigan say they're no longer completely full, like they were during the RSV and flu surge in November and December.That big spike in little kids getting really sick with respiratory illnesses last year overwhelmed children's hospitals in Michigan, a state with only 10 pediatric ICUs. But as the RSV and flu rates have started dropping, children's hospitals are back to something more like normal.

More Michigan children's hospitals say they're starting to see fewer RSV cases.