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In a Diabetes Alert Day press release last week, Enbridge, operator of the Line 5 pipeline, highlighted the necessity for light oil and natural gas to manufacture medications, exercise equipment, blood sugar meters, injection pens and insulin pumps used by those diagnosed with diabetes.

The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday approved Narcan, the drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, to be sold without a prescription, which the state health department said would help tremendously.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 02/02/2023) "Is public health prepared for the future?” was a question posed and answered Thursday by Michigan Association of Local Public Health Executive Director Norm Hess. The answer, he said, is no.

What started as a 2022 book-closing supplemental and snowballed into a $946.2 million spending effort by Democrats also contained a notable $25 million for the creation of a water shutoff prevention fund

Former state Senator and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Tom George has become the interim chief executive officer of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS).