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Health

Get the COVID vaccine

LANSING, - In response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Directive to state agencies to ensure Michigan families can access COVID-19 vaccines, the state’s Chief Medical Executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian has issued a Standing Recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine. “National medical ...

Spreading the word

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center will host a series of Veteran Town Hall and Q&A sessions across the western Upper Peninsula this October. All veterans, along with their families and friends, are encouraged to attend and learn more about services and benefits ...

Keeping cancer care local

More than 50% of patients with cancer experience extreme financial burden with a majority of them depleting their life savings in the first 2 years of treatment. This compounding distress negatively impacts survival rates. Over half the counties in the Upper Peninsula experience the highest ...

Relaunch delayed

A relaunch of Bay College’s Practical Nursing certificate program may have to wait until the summer or fall of 2026, rather than January, the college stated in a news release Friday. The college announced it has received a response from the Michigan Board of Nursing regarding its LPN program ...

Superior Health Foundation announces grants

MARQUETTE – The Superior Health Foundation concluded its Fall Proactive Grant cycle on Sept. 3, announcing more than $430,000 in funding distributed across eight grants to agencies located in or serving the Upper Peninsula. The projects cover a wide variety of health concerns, including ...