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The United Auto Workers union is speaking out against federal job cuts at NIOSH saying the decision will harm workers, local communities, and efforts to prevent injuries and save lives.
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In the last five years, the state’s poison control center received about 1,500 reports of kids under the age of six being exposed to cannabis products. The center’s data suggests more than 400 were hospitalized, and more than 100 reported cases required critical care.
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Jay Kaplan, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, discusses the impacts of the executive order by President Donald Trump on gender-affirming care.
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The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.
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A federal judge has refused to put a hold on the Michigan law that bans the discredited practice of trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ minors.
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Resident physicians at Detroit Medical Center picketed outside Detroit Receiving Hospital Thursday, saying the health system is ignoring their union's demand to start contract talks.
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Today, Michigan Public's Kate Wells tells us what to know about bird flu.
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Bills to address racial disparities in maternal health care are making a comeback in the Michigan Legislature.
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Today, how bird flu is decimating flocks and egg production. Then, education developments to keep an eye out for this year. Later, how Black Detroiters were the forerunners of the modern lottery system.
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Two bills signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer this week allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control, and require insurance companies to cover those contraceptives.
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People are worried their “rights are being taken away," says Roz Gould Keith, executive director of Stand with Trans, or that "they can no longer access gender affirming care."
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On Monday, President Donald Trump promised to roll back protections for transgender people. And Michiganders who get gender-affirming medical care "are very fearful that they won't be able to get their medications in the future," said Dr. Sarah Wallett of Planned Parenthood of Michigan.