Health

Coverage of hospitals, clinics, public health, and mental health developments and initiatives.

Michigan innovators step up to reverse nationwide decline in health journalism

The loss of health journalism has had wide-ranging impacts on the communities health reporters once served. But a variety of innovative solutions have arisen to fill the gap and restore some of the coverage that's been lost.

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Emerson Jeffries
Essay: Let’s be good stewards and care for those who may not be fortunate to provide for themselves

We live in a seemingly egocentric world where many care only for themselves and ensure their stability. However, where an abundance is given to one, a deficit comes to another.

A City of Detroit initiative aims to help businesses get online through a website development accelerator.
City of Detroit, Quicken Loans website accelerator aims to fill in gaps for entrepreneurs

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced small businesses to pivot and adapt to survive. A popular strategy for brick-and-mortar businesses has been to shift online. But for some entrepreneurs, building the infrastructure to do so is another financial challenge on top of a growing pile of challenges.

An educator leads a Linking Lessons session.
Linking Lessons brings healthy lifestyle basics to Metro Detroit teens

Linking Lessons puts registered dietitians, chefs, and other community health educators in Michigan middle and high schools to teach kids about how to make impactful changes in their diets and physical activity.

Shelters adjust to meet needs of Metro Detroit homeless during COVID-19

Organizations that support individuals and families experiencing homelessness are getting creative in rethinking their daily operations.

Yum Village in New Center
Yum Village in New Center launches market pantry

The Afro-Caribbean restaurant will offer packaged snacks and foods to go as well as meal kits so customers can make Yum Village staples such as jerk chicken, jollof rice, and maafe at home.

Wendy Lewis Jackson, managing director of Kresge’s Detroit Program
Kresge’s Detroit Program provides $1.55M in grants to ‘support those in greatest need’ amid pandemic

The grants are the first round of funds from the foundation’s Detroit Program addressing the COVID-19 crisis in the city, with more to follow in the coming weeks in collaboration with the foundation’s national programs.  

Students prepare for a food tasting.
MARESA promotes healthy eating and fitness in the rural Upper Peninsula

The Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Services Agency (MARESA) is working with 18 elementary schools in seven counties in the central Upper Peninsula to encourage healthy eating and physical activity. 

Essay: This was supposed to be the year my friends and I live it out

Milestones for a graduate like senior pinning, prom, graduation, senior picnic, senior skip day, and open houses are all being canceled or postponed because of the virus. Life is changing for me not only because of the threat but because of the lack of human interaction.

TechTown targets ‘most vulnerable’ small businesses with new round of COVID-19 financial assistance

Businesses that tend to get left out of major city, state, and federal relief efforts — service businesses, freelancers, makers, and home-based businesses — as well as small businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park can apply for a grant of up to $5,000 as part of the TechTown Stabilization Fund, funded by the New Economy Initiative and Bank of America.

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