From large healthcare facilities such as Beaumont Hospital and Bronson Hospital, to nursing homes and elective surgery, health care workers continue to bear the burden in Michigan where cases are rising higher than any other state.
Health
Roughly 1 in 4 surgical patients smokes, higher than state average, study says
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SURGICAL PATIENTS SMOKING: Roughly a quarter of adult surgical patients in Michigan smoked cigarettes at the time of surgery — above the state average, a U-M study finds. The rate is highest among Medicaid and uninsured patients. There were regional variations, with the highest rate in Northeast Michigan and the lowest in Southeast Michigan. A U-M surgeon and the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative in Ann Arbor discuss. By Brandon Chew. FOR ALCONA, MONTMORENCY, CHEBOYGAN, DETROIT, MONROE, BLISSFIELD AND ALL POINTS.
Arts & Entertainment
Mountain biking sees popularity climb during pandemic
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MOUNTAIN BIKING: West Michigan mountain biking groups are seeing interest from new riders skyrocket, leading to shortages of bikes. More trails have opened as well. We talk to a new Rockford Rider, the coach of the West Michigan Coyotes youth biking team in Grand Rapids and the Ada-based West Michigan Mountain Biking Alliance, an Ada- said By Lindsay McCoy. FOR KUDINGTON, MANISTEE, HOLLAND, OCEANA, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, GREENVILLE AND ALL POINTS.
Health
Saginaw clinics reach into community for COVID-19 vaccinations
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Health organizations are taking COVID-19 vaccination clinics into the community. Great Lakes Bay Health Centers, which operates community health clinics and mobile clinics across the region, has opened vaccinations at its clinics to anyone 18 and older.
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Students advocate for vaccinations as some hold out
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As COVID-19 grips the state of Michigan worse than any other in the nation, health officials have called for a vaccine surge to reduce the spread. While this request has seemingly been rebuffed by the federal government, residents all around East Lansing are eager to return to normal, as various groups deal with their new normal in different ways.
Business & Economy
Anti-drug legislation rising in Legislature
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SYNTHETIC URINE: The Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill, sponsored by a Ludington lawmaker, to outlaw the sale of synthetic urine, used to cheat on drug tests. However, a Detroit lawyer who specializes in cannabis cases says there are better ways than drug tests to determine if an employee is impaired. Another pending anti-drug bill with sponsors from Caco Township and Dearborn, would ban billboards advertising recreational and medicinal marijuana. By Chloe Trofatter. FOR LUDINGTON, HOLLAND, DETROIT, LAKE COUNTY, MANISTEE, LEELANAU, CADILLAC, BENZIE, TRAVERSE CITY, LANSING CITY PULSE, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS & ALL POINTS.
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Detroit Public Schools takes a jab at encouraging teacher vaccinations
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SCHOOL VACCINATIONS: Detroit Public Schools teachers can get cash and extra vacation time as an incentive to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but no Michigan school districts have made it mandatory for teachers and other staff. A new MEA survey says almost 90% of public school staff are fully or partially vaccinated. Opening up vaccines to students 16 and over leaves out the vast majority of schoolchildren because they are currently too young to be eligible. We talk to the MEA, a Detroit schools administrator and the Michigan Association of School Boards. By Sophia Lada. FOR DETROIT AND ALL POINTS.
Worship
Saginaw pastor faces challenge from COVID-19: ‘How do we move forward?’
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When Michigan’s governor issued a stay-at-home order in response to an exploding pandemic of a new variant of the coronavirus almost everything, including churches, shut down. “Immediately my thought went to how do we move forward?” said Pastor Chevez D. Marshall of Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Saginaw.
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MSU community grapples with mental health during a pandemic
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Many colleges around the country, such as Michigan State, are onto their third straight semester of virtual learning. Being away from in-person learning in lecture halls and classrooms along with the strains of the pandemic have impacted students in many ways, including their mental health.
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MSU playing central role in vaccine distribution in Ingham County
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An individual arrives outside the pavilion to check-in to receive their vaccine. Photo by Kayla Richards. By April 13, a little more than 100,000 Ingham County residents, 42.9% of the county’s population, received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
At the heart of Ingham County’s vaccination effort is the Michigan State University Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, which opened Dec. 21 for vaccinations. MSU works with the Ingham County Health Department, which receives the vaccines from the state, to administer vaccines via drive-through at the pavilion, eight hours a day Tuesday through Friday.
Lt. Dave Oslund, emergency management unit commander for the MSU Police Department, said the university works with the City of East Lansing and Ingham County’s emergency management unit.
Health
Frequent marijuana users can suffer from withdrawal symptoms, anxiety, experts say
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MARIJUANA ANXIETY: Research shows that people who start using marijuana at a younger age and who use it more often are at higher risk of anxiety and other mental health problems. Experts from the Department of Health and Human Services, MSU and U-M explain. By Brandon Chew. FOR LANSING CITY PULSE, DETROIT AND ALL POINTS.