Healthcare

The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out a digital system to hold veterans health care records, and it's starting in Michigan.

Immigration advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a lengthy memo on Monday to more than 400 healthcare providers across Michigan, offering guidance on immigration enforcement.

The deal to keep 8,000 doctors licensed involves granting a freshman lawmaker a big political win, and awarding a sparsely populated island a downtown development authority.

Michigan has been a member of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact since 2018. But with the state's membership set to expire on March 28, some 8,000 doctors could lose their ability to practice here — unless Lansing takes action.

The group claims it wiped 200,000 Stryker systems, servers and mobile devices, along with stealing 50 terabytes of "critical data."

Rx Kids will provide U.P. mothers $1,500 while they're pregnant, and another $500 per month for the first six months of their baby’s life.

Rx Kids will pay $1,500 to Detroit mothers during pregnancy and another $500 per month during the first six months of their baby’s life.Dr. Mona Hanna, associate dean for Public Health at Michigan State University, directs the program. She said it’s “medicine” rather than “charity.”

Alpha-gal syndrome, a tickborne allergy to red meat and dairy, has become more common in the last few years. The condition poses unique challenges to the lives and livelihoods of U.S. ranchers and farmers.

Multi-Media Producer Stefanie Mills spoke with Tina Sawyer about her upcoming story on shifting trends around menopause featured in an upcoming episode of Pressing Matters, scheduled to air Friday evening at 7 p.m. on WCMU Public Television.

The Michigan Association of Ambulance Services says impacted members are in debt, because two prison healthcare companies contracted by the state failed to pay for ambulance rides.