To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-heal…

A few helpful examples: 1. Respiratory virus dashboard: health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-vi… 2. HIV/HIV-prevention: canada.ca/en/public-heal… 3. Recalls/advisories: recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en

Courageous VA workers shared internal emails and spoke to me about the efforts of the Trump administration to eliminate gender-based care and diversity from the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. It's causing fear and forcing some to turn on one another: freep.com/story/news/hea…

A Delta flight carrying roughly 80 passengers from Minnesota appears to have crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport. No casualties have been reported as of this time. Numerous photos and videos have been released showing passengers safely exiting the plane, which flipped upside

I have insomnia a lot lately so may as well share what’s literally keeping me up at night. It’s a long list but tonight it’s flu. Yes, H5N1, but also seasonal flu. Firing federal scientists brings a flu-filled future. Have you ever wondered how flu vaccine strains are chosen?

This Detroit Free Press story by Kristen Shamus with photos by Mandi Wright is amazing - and shows the power of decades of NIH-funded research at Michigan Medicine & beyond, through the tale of a single #crc patient: freep.com/story/news/hea…

For today's Sunday Detroit Free Press, we covered one of our own. Elissa Robinson is one of the MVPs on our digital team. She is among the best headline writers in America, a savant in optimizing stories to ensure our award-winning work gets in front of as many readers as possible. 🧵

It's difficult to put into words the bravery Elissa Robison shows every day. If you truly think about it, it takes your breath away. Kristen Shamus tackles this immense, deeply moving story with compassion and respect. Please read this today freep.com/story/news/hea… via Detroit Free Press

Michigan now has its first case of #measles in 2025. It infected a person from Oakland County who recently returned from international travel. Exposure times/dates/locations in the Detroit Free Press story here, along with list of symptoms to watch for, etc. freep.com/story/news/hea…

Michigan appears to have abruptly lost $390 million in HHS grant funds, according to DOGE. But unlike other states (NY, NJ, CO, LA, MA) facing apparently similar cuts, MI health officials & Governor Gretchen Whitmer haven't confirmed or even commented. 🧵 michiganpublic.org/health/2025-03…

The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New nature nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/d4158…

A second child from Ingham County now has #measles, #Michigan health leaders say, after exposure to a 1-year-old girl with the virus. The number of measles cases are growing in the state, which declared an outbreak last week. Detroit Free Press freep.com/story/news/hea…

Introducing 2024 finalists for #JournalistOfTheYear & Young Journalist of the Year! Join us to celebrate on May 14! Tickets are available at spjdetroit.org

2 new Michigan measles cases were announced Friday evening, with an an exposure at a large medical office building in Rochester Hills and multiple exposure sites in Kent County. Details Detroit Free Press: freep.com/story/news/hea…

.MSU College of Human Medicine's Jamie Bernard began studying ways to prevent breast cancer after her mom was diagnosed. Now, patients like her mom are at risk due to federal funding cuts, which could halt development for new cancer treatments (via Detroit Free Press's Kristen Shamus). freep.com/story/news/hea…

1/ 🚨 Over 28 falsehoods and common anti-vaccine talking points were shared during yesterday’s ACIP meeting. The zone is being flooded with misinformation, and it’s impossible to debunk it all in real time. But here are some key ones you should know. 🧵