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‘Green Houses’ offer alternatives to nursing homes

Editors note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. DETROIT — Afternoon sunshine floods into the large window of her private bedroom, making even more clear at this moment Tanya ...

UGL Expands Pediatric Team

Upper Great Lakes Family Health (UGL) is proud to continue growing its pediatric team to meet the needs of families across the Upper Peninsula. With rising demand for pediatric care and recent additions to its provider group, UGL is actively recruiting clinical support staff to help ensure ...

Poll: Some seniors skip COVID vaccine

As Michigan sees growing rates of COVID-19 and high rates of influenza, a national poll led by the University of Michigan has found that 42% of individuals over 50 have not received a shot for either illness within the past six months. In a survey of 2,964 adults over 50, 49% of individuals ...

US births declined last year

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer than in 2024. The decline seems to confirm predictions by some experts, who doubted a slight ...

Scholars Signing Ceremony

WAUSAU – Aspirus Health Foundation held its 2026 Aspirus Scholars Signing Ceremony Thursday evening, celebrating the program’s 10th class and a significant investment in the future health care workforce. The total award per scholar is now $175,000, representing a combined investment of ...

Breast cancer survival rates higher in Medicaid expansion states

DETROIT — Women with breast cancer living in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility were less likely to die from the disease — but not everyone benefited equally, according to a recent study published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Howard University, the ...