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The mix of a low-vaccination season with the worst flu season in years. Then, how Michigan ignored and subverted federal law. Plus, the case of missing chicken wings.

A conversation about how bird flu spreads and the animals could be impacted.

First, the necessary function of comment time in public meetings, and how some cities get it wrong. Also singer Isis Damil sets the tone with her own genre-defying style that is uniquely Detroit. Plus the dean of MSU’s veterinary college talks about the bird flu epidemic, what it means for farming – and your pet’s health.

Michigan health officials say the data show it's the worst flu season at least in the past ten years.

Today, Michigan Public's Kate Wells tells us what to know about bird flu.

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.

It's a combination of Mycoplasma-related pneumonia, a surge of whooping cough, a record number of pediatric flu deaths, and the start of RSV season that's raising concerns about overwhelming pediatric resources again.

Corewell Health is encouraging Michigan parents to take precautions to protect against the flu.

Updates and advice on Michigan's annual "sick" season, rethinking the relationship between class and power, and how technology revolutionized the pizza industry.

COVID-19, RSV, and influenza illness is spreading in Michigan, but hasn't reached its peak. There's still plenty of time to protect yourself against serious illness, health officials say, by getting vaccinated.