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The AAP recommends that parents immunize their children against 17 different illnesses between birth and adolescence. As of earlier this week, that number also reflected federal health guidance, but the CDC has now cut that to eleven.

Michigan groups want Governor Whitmer to join with other states to offer a voice of authority different from the federal government, which they say is politicizing public health.

Not having this year’s COVID shot actually qualifies you to get the shot, the state’s chief medical executive announced Friday, because the state considers being unvaccinated an “underlying condition.”

Democratic lawmakers and more than a thousand current and former HHS staff say Kennedy's actions are endangering America's health. Kennedy says he came to clean house and he's delivering.

If you're under 65 and healthy, you're going to have to attest to having an underlying medical condition (like pregnancy, obesity, or a mental health condition) that would qualify you as "high risk."

The state is trying to clear up confusion around COVID vaccine coverage for children and pregnant women after new federal guidance. We talked to Michigan Public's health reporter about what you need to know. Then, a new program that delivers breast milk from incarcerated mothers to their babies at home. And, we look at the toll of data centers on Michigan’s fresh water resources.

The Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection Program has been tracking information from the estimated 4,000 Michigan residents who suffer from sickle cell since 2020, but Trump administration cuts have put its future in doubt.

Wastewater testing will occur in areas with potentially low polio vaccination coverage, or with possible connections to the at-risk communities that are linked to a case where a man was diagnosed with paralytic polio outside New York City.

The study surveyed thousands of adults in Metro Detroit, and DuPage County, Ill., in June and July of this year. All had recently tested positive for COVID.

Here are the CDC guidelines that were recently updated.