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Experts say this year's flu season could be earlier and more intense, thanks to a new variant and low vaccination rates.

With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective, but doctors still urge getting one ASAP.

The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center says some symptomatic farmworkers are running into delays and barriers when they reach out to health departments for PPE, avian flu tests, or even just seasonal flu shots.

Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive for the state of Michigan, discussed the current flu season and the signs of severe flu people should be aware of in their own families.

The mix of a low-vaccination season with the worst flu season in years. Then, how Michigan ignored and subverted federal law. Plus, the case of missing chicken wings.

A conversation about how bird flu spreads and the animals could be impacted.

First, the necessary function of comment time in public meetings, and how some cities get it wrong. Also singer Isis Damil sets the tone with her own genre-defying style that is uniquely Detroit. Plus the dean of MSU’s veterinary college talks about the bird flu epidemic, what it means for farming – and your pet’s health.

Michigan health officials say the data show it's the worst flu season at least in the past ten years.

Today, Michigan Public's Kate Wells tells us what to know about bird flu.

Today, how bird flu is decimating flocks and egg production. Then, education developments to keep an eye out for this year. Later, how Black Detroiters were the forerunners of the modern lottery system.