The Metro: Lyme disease cases surge as ticks expand into Southeast Michigan
Reported Lyme Disease cases in Michigan nearly quadrupled between 2022 and 2025.Blacklegged ticks (deer ticks), which transmit Lyme Disease hitch...
The Metro: Lyme disease cases surge as ticks expand into Southeast Michigan
Reported Lyme Disease cases in Michigan nearly quadrupled between 2022 and 2025.Blacklegged ticks (deer ticks), which transmit Lyme Disease hitch...
The Metro: Why health is the common theme threading Detroit’s city departments
Five years ago drug overdoses were killing more than 3,000 people a year in Michigan. It was the worst the...
The Metro: How ‘social prescribing’ could solve America’s loneliness epidemic
Some public health researchers are turning to a new kind of prescription to address the problem. It’s called “social prescribing.”...
The Metro: Detroit pays private ambulances. Patients pay, too
When you call 911 in Detroit, who’s paying for the ambulance? It’s a question that’s tripped up the Detroit City...
The Metro: Michigan’s measles tab is $100,000 and counting
It’s a Sunday night, and you’re sitting in the emergency room with your sick kid. The waiting room is packed...
The Metro: Michigan’s ‘RFK Jr.’ is re-shaping public health in St. Clair County
St. Clair County's medical director, Dr. Remington Nevin, is re-shaping the county's public health. He has helped lower the barrier...
Detroit Evening Report: Hamtramck student kidnapped at bus stop
A 16-year-old student was kidnapped from a bus stop in Hamtramck at gunpoint this morning. Classmates tracked the student through...
Detroit Chief Public Health Officer Ali Abazeed aims to expand citywide health initiatives
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield recently appointed Ali Abazeed as the city’s new Chief Public Health Officer, saying he would be...
Detroit Evening Report: Gov. Whitmer considers tax breaks for parents to pay private school tuition, afterschool programs
Michigan does not currently participate in a federal program that gives tax breaks to people for donating money to nonprofits that award scholarships for tutoring and private...
The Metro: School vaccine waivers increase risk of measles outbreaks
Seven people are confirmed to have contracted measles in Washtenaw County with exposure sites in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, and Canton....
The Metro: Roundup’s safety science is falling apart. The government is protecting it anyway
What happens when the regulatory systems we depend on to protect us break down? In February, President Trump signed an...
Detroit Evening Report: Ali Abazeed appointed Detroit Chief Public Health Officer
Mayor Mary Sheffield has hired Dearborn’s former Chief Public Health Officer to fulfill the same role in Detroit. Ali Abazeed is credited...