CDC: Meningitis outbreak claims third life in Michigan
The Centers for Disease Control reports a third fatality in Michigan tied to a nationwide meningitis outbreak. A 78 year old Washtenaw County woman is the latest fatality. Previously, a 56 year old...
View ArticleNumber of confirmed fungal meningitis cases in Michigan jumps
There’s been a big jump in the number of people in Michigan affected by that national fungal meningitis outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control says 39 people in Michigan have contracted fungal...
View ArticleAnother death in Michigan linked to the national meningitis outbreak
Another death has been linked to a tainted steroid injection in Michigan. The Centers for Disease Control says five people in Michigan have now died as part of a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to the...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak claims two more lives in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials say two more Michigan residents have died as a result of the national meningitis outbreak.The victims are an 81-year-old woman from Charlevoix County and a 64-year-old...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak claims 9th Michigan life
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials say an 88-year-old Ingham County woman is the ninth Michigan resident to die in a national meningitis outbreak.The woman was added to the meningitis update Wednesday by...
View ArticleCongressional probe of meningitis outbreak begins tomorrow
A congressional hearing tomorrow will look into a fungal meningitis outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people in 19 states, including Michigan.Tainted steroid injections used to relieve back pain...
View ArticleMichigan reports 4 more abscesses linked to steroids
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The number of abscesses linked to contaminated steroids is continuing to rise in Michigan, with four fresh cases reported in recent days.The infections are linked to a national...
View Article3 new infections, 1 death in Michigan from tainted steroid injections
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan health officials have reported three more infections and one more death linked to contaminated steroids supplied by a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company.The Michigan...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak cases continue to grow in Michigan
The number of Michiganders affected by the national meningitis outbreak continues to rise.The Centers for Disease Control now lists 82 patients in Michigan infected by tainted steroid injections...
View ArticleOne Michigan family's journey with autism
What can a parent do to reach an autistic child, to forge some path through the barrier of autism spectrum disorder – a path that might somehow lead to greater understanding of that child’s mind, heart...
View ArticleMichigan's Upper Peninsula has high heart attack rates, CDC says
There's some pretty unsettling data that has come out about the health of the people who call the Upper Peninsula home. The Centers for Disease Control numbers say heart attack rates for the entire...
View ArticleEbola is deadly, but expert says risk of spread in U.S. is low
A senior American health official says the U.S. will be sending at least 50 public health experts to West Africa over the next month to tackle the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola.Thomas Frieden, director...
View ArticleMichigan has 3 confirmed cases of respiratory illness in children
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Federal health officials have confirmed three Michigan cases of an unusual respiratory illness in children.
View ArticleNurses say Michigan hospitals not ready for Ebola
Michigan nurses say state hospitals are not ready to handle a case of Ebola.Despite recent assurances by Michigan hospital administrators and Gov. Rick Snyder that the state is prepared for a case of...
View ArticleCDC: Meningitis outbreak claims third life in Michigan
The Centers for Disease Control reports a third fatality in Michigan tied to a nationwide meningitis outbreak. A 78 year old Washtenaw County woman is the latest fatality. Previously, a 56 year old...
View ArticleNumber of confirmed fungal meningitis cases in Michigan jumps
There’s been a big jump in the number of people in Michigan affected by that national fungal meningitis outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control says 39 people in Michigan have contracted fungal...
View ArticleAnother death in Michigan linked to the national meningitis outbreak
Another death has been linked to a tainted steroid injection in Michigan. The Centers for Disease Control says five people in Michigan have now died as part of a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to the...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak cases continue to grow in Michigan
The number of Michiganders affected by the national meningitis outbreak continues to rise. The Centers for Disease Control now lists 82 patients in Michigan infected by tainted steroid injections...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak claims two more lives in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials say two more Michigan residents have died as a result of the national meningitis outbreak. The victims are an 81-year-old woman from Charlevoix County and a 64-year-old...
View ArticleMeningitis outbreak claims 9th Michigan life
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials say an 88-year-old Ingham County woman is the ninth Michigan resident to die in a national meningitis outbreak. The woman was added to the meningitis update Wednesday by...
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