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State and federal environmental agencies have detected elevated levels of certain chemicals around the Stellantis Mack Assembly plant on Detroit’s east side. But those chemicals don’t appear to be at levels high enough to negatively impact human health, officials said at a presentation to community members Thursday night.
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Michigan’s child welfare system met fewer than half of the standards reviewers looked at in a new report.
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Last July's flood was caused by heavy rains and worsened by aging infrastructure. It inundated roads and homes. Experts say the heavy flooding took a mental health toll on Michiganders already struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced the $18.5 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control this week. It will bring labs from Michigan State, Michigan Tech, Wayne State, and the University of Michigan onboard for the Michigan Sequencing Academic Partnership for Public Health Innovation and Response (MI-SAPPHIRE).
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Michigan Department of Education outlined a series of COVID protection measures in a letter sent to school superintendents on Thursday. But the measures are recommendations, not mandates.
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The case was discovered in Kent County.
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A World Health Organization panel has classified it as a variant of concern. The potential risks of omicron are not yet known.
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Nearly 69% of Michiganders age 16 and up have gotten at least their first dose of one of the three vaccines.
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Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel said to The Macomb Daily that other schools and counties are reporting differently than Macomb County.
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“Those outbreaks really are a measure that can help us look at, ‘Is there some documentation that some spread might be happening in the school setting?’ versus ‘There are cases happening and being reported and that's expected.’”