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Medical facilities would be required to store sharps, such as needles, syringes, scalpels and more, in a special box called a sharps container for up to 18-months or until the container is 75% filled under SB 482 , which passed unanimously with immediate effect.

More than 2.6 million Michiganders were enrolled in Medicaid in May 2024 after the year-long redetermination, which means the state added more than 400,000 people since before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and dropped 500,000 people since the end.

A House panel is looking to wrangle together post-mortem care regulations amid an atmosphere described by Paul Gittler, CEO of Macomb County-based funeral home provider Heritage Services, as the “Wild West.”

Three more dairy herds were found with the highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), bringing the total number to four.

Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) is spearheading a nine-bill package to investigate and combat racial disparities related to pregnancy and maternal healthcare