health disparities

What we know about the death of Patrick Lyoya, who was killed by a Grand Rapids police officer during a traffic stop. Detroit’s worsening asthma problem and severe racial disparities. And, the surprising ways Michigan schools are using $6B in Covid relief funds.

A new report from the state’s health department says that Detroiters have asthma at increasingly higher rates than the rest of Michigan.

Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist stopped by a community center in Detroit Friday to roll out the findings of a task force that examined racial disparities in the effects of COVID-19.

Black residents faced disparities in hospitalizations during the third coronavirus wave, according to data from the University of Michigan. The MI Safe…

Oakland County will try a new approach to providing health services to its un- and underinsured residents.The plan, called Oakland Health 360, calls for…

Too many babies are dying in Michigan. That’s not speculation – that’s based on some disturbing statistics. And even now, in 2013, those statistics say…

Men who live on one side of Rawsonville Rd. have a life expectancy that's six years longer than men on the other side.In fact, the life expectancy for…

In Grand Rapids, African American infants are just slightly more likely to survive to their first birthday than infants born in the Gaza Strip. Six years…

Detroit residents over 50 are hospitalized more often and die earlier than people in other parts of the state.That’s according to a new report, “Dying…