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Advocates for maternal health and wellbeing gathered in Detroit Thursday night to call for more support for mothers.During the State of the Mama event, advocates pushed to take cash assistance programs for pregnant and new mothers statewide, expand childcare access, and require employers to provide paid parental leave.

We humans are wired to recognize patterns, which has come in handy. For example, being able to observe when and where a hungry bear or lion might show up, our ancestors were able to avoid them and survive long enough to become our ancestors.

The week includes events in which the public can learn about microplastics, participate in cleanups and discover practical solutions to reduce plastic waste at home.

Michigan public health advocates are painting a dark picture for what could happen to health care in the state under federal policy changes. The changes come from the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes cuts to Medicaid spending.

The State of Michigan is helping erase medical debt for over 200,000 residents. That’s after the state partnered with the group Undue Medical Debt to purchase and forgive over $144 million in medical debt.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the state of Michigan does not have to destroy data gleaned from infant blood samples collected by hospitals at birth.

Michigan Public's Kate Wells discusses her recent reporting on the financial pressures faced by some Planned Parenthood clinics.

A person returning from international travel may have exposed people to measles at a Rochester restaurant and a Rochester hospital in early March.

The Michigan Senate voted Thursday to extend protections for health care systems that take part in a federal drug affordability program.

Michigan was among 23 states that successfully sued to temporarily halt an effort by the Trump administration to make significant cuts to biomedical research grants funded by the National Institutes of Health that advocates say could have closed labs, caused thousands of layoffs, and damaged crucial biomedical research across the country.