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Washington, Montana and other states are experiencing pertussis outbreaks.The respiratory disease, also known as whooping cough, is highly contagious. If…

AARP is out with a proposal this week that calls for targeting state Medicaid dollars to fund at-home care. The senior citizen advocacy group says the…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan is making little progress toward creating a statewide health exchange required by federal law, held up by House Republicans…

Last week, we brought you a series on cancer and the environment.I put together this visual representation of some of the statistics we learned about…

According to the latest numbers from the National Cancer Institute, roughly 41 percent of us will be diagnosed with some type of cancer in our…

Lyme disease is spread through blacklegged tick bites, and its prevalence has most notably been in the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada.The CDC…

Richard Keidan is one of this state’s most accomplished physicians. A native Detroiter, he is a highly respected surgical oncologist at William Beaumont…

The University of Michigan's Taubman Medical Research Institute will reward a $100,000 prize to the top "translational science" practitioner each year…

A state Senate panel has approved a measure designed to make it more difficult for a pregnant minor to have an abortion. The proposal would prevent young…

Gov. Rick Snyder wants people to adopt healthier lifestyles Snyder says people need to take more responsibility for their own health if Michigan is going…