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Adult Medicaid recipients 21 and over will now be able to get root canals, crowns, gum care and deep teeth cleanings, under expanded dental coverage budgeted at $85.1 million, which was announced Monday

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