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MDHHS forms 11 Regional Health Equity Advisory Councils to combat health disparities among high-risk and underserved communities
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is announcing the formation of 11 Regional Health Advisory Councils designed to help combat health disparities in underserved and rural areas across the state. These councils will provide a network of trusted community partners that will help improve structural gaps in current and emerging health emergencies …
Michigan health officials urge residents to get tested as STI cases increase since pandemic
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services urges sexually active Michiganders to do their part and make testing for STIs a part of their regular health routine. According to a press release, gonorrhea and chlamydia are the most common STIs in the Mitten. MDHHS Chief Medical Executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that STI testing …
MDHHS launches PFAS health study
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging West Michigan residents to sign up for the state’s PFAS Exposure and Health Study to help ensure robust data gathering and to make the study as successful as possible. The study was launched in November with the goal of learning more about …
The case for Whitmer to break up MDHHS, create standalone public health department
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s promotion of Elizabeth Hertel as director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services offers an opportunity to break up the state’s largest agency and reshape how public health services are delivered after the coronavirus pandemic. MDHHS is a behemoth, the result of former Gov. Rick Snyder merging the community health …
Michigan health officials contacting residents about COVID-19 contact
DETROIT – Coronavirus cases are rising in Michigan and the state is trying to ramp up its contact tracing — but it’s hard to trace when you can’t be contacted. Michigan health officials are asking residents to pick up the phone, because it could be information related to COVID-19. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, …
Michigan health officials to provide free naloxone to organizations, individuals
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) launched an online portal where organizations can request free naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses and saves lives. According to health officials, opioid overdoses killed more than 2,000 Michiganders in 2018. A recent study found that only 25 percent of people using …
