Blog tagged as Health

Michiganders would have access to free contraception starting in November and information on how to apply for coverage that includes sexually transmitted infection testing after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a new program Wednesday

If you were looking for a reason to not watch Tuesday night's vice-presidential debate, some Michigan State University experts may have your alibi.

Hospitals would need to stock up on IUDs – or T-shaped birth control that's inserted into the uterus – to offer to women immediately after they give birth, under legislation considered Thursday by the Senate Health Policy Committee.

Low vaccination rates have become a statewide issue in Michigan schools, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Sen. Joseph Bellino Jr. (R-Monroe) said he is “doing great” two weeks following a kidney transplant to his brother-in-law. Bellino donated his kidney to Chuck Piotrowski after he posted he needed a donor on their family Facebook page last December.