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Lt. Gov. Brian Calley today activated the State Emergency Operations Center to coordinate the state’s response to an outbreak of hepatitis A.The disease…

Is ketchup a vegetable? How about the tomato paste in pizza sauce? For decades, what we feed our children for lunch when they're at school has been as…

In every country in the world, women are more likely than men to experience more stress, chronic disease, anxiety and be victims of violence. Yet, women…

The warnings about "superbug infections" and over prescribing antibiotics have been getting stronger and louder in recent years. Yet, it's still happening…

Dementia rates are going down. That’s even though dementia risk factors like diabetes are rising. What’s behind the decline in dementia? Dr. Ken Langa,…

$340 billion dollars: a new study estimates that’s how much it costs Americans every year for daily low-level exposure to chemicals that mess with our…

Camping has been popular in Michigan for generations.From the shores of the Great Lakes to expansive forests, this state offers magnificent sights,…

A new report on the nation’s health says Michigan is taking a few steps forward and a few backward. This is the 26th year the United Health Foundation has…

Especially in the early years of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, soldiers burned their waste in big, open-air pits. They burned everything from tires,…

In Afghanistan and Iraq, especially in the early years, soldiers burned their waste in big, open-air pits. “A burn pit’s just a big hole in the ground.…