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Keeping healthy near the water

LANSING, Michigan – As summer approaches, the Michigan Departments of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) are reminding Michigan residents living near or visiting area waters to keep an eye out for ...

Investing in the U.P.’s Youngest

MARQUEETTE — A baby born in Marquette and a baby born in Ann Arbor arrive with the same theoretical access to care, but the Marquette baby's mother may have driven past two hospitals that don’t have the capacity to deliver a baby, rationed gas money between appointments and groceries, or ...

Michigan teen tobacco use ticks up

Editors note: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. LANSING — While teen tobacco use in Michigan remains far below historic highs, data shows it’s beginning to rise again, fueling ...

Making progress

LANSING – More Michigan colleges and universities are prohibiting tobacco and e-cigarette use according to the 2025 Tobacco-Free Report Card released by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). In 2025, 45% of Michigan colleges and universities implemented a 100% ...

Health advice is all over social media

WASHINGTON, DC — Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media — from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation — and you're far from alone in seeing it. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults — and around half of ...

A roller coaster ride

RHINELANDER, Wis. – About one in five women experience a maternal mental health condition after childbirth, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA). Experts say it is important to recognize when common emotional changes signal something more serious. According to a press ...