community health

Today, we got caught up on the recent public hearings on power outages. Then, how a poem by a Michigan poet will be launched to the moon. We also heard about a Petoskey perfusionist, whose job is to keep patients' hearts pumping during surgery. Plus, a conversation about emotional labor — what it is, and why we desperately need more of it.

Michigan is one of the lowest ranking states when it comes to investing in public health. According to a new report from the Citizens Research Council of…

The Upper Peninsula Health Departments has published their first ever Community Health Needs Assessment. This 350-page report combines 18 months of…

Fewer teens are dying from accidents and disease, but teen deaths from suicide continue to rise.The Michigan chapter of the National Alliance on Mental…

This is the year I’m going to lose weight. And eat better! And go to the gym three times a week!Those are the most popular kind of New Year’s resolutions…

Flint is one of four cities that’s getting its health put under the microscope.Flint, Michigan, Kansas City, Kansas, Providence, Rhode Island and Waco,…

We often hear about the economic costs of environmental regulation on the energy industry.But there’s a flip side to that equation — the price society…

The issue of police violence against black men has been a central news story in recent weeks and months. Reverend James Dickson says many more black men…

Part of the Affordable Care Act calls for big investments in community health care centers to increase access to primary health care services. The health…

A handful of Michigan county health department leaders say “health” should play a bigger role in local decision making. Health department officials from…