community health

Residents gave more than an hour of public comment, both supporting and condemning the county’s decision to have Ginop removed from the Board of Health.

Listening sessions took place around the time the board became divided over whether to apply for a school nutrition grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.

One board member from Antrim County wants his committee to review each new and existing grant. That request has, so far, only resulted in gridlock.

Unlike registered nurses, practical nurses only require a certificate rather than an associate's or bachelor's degree.

A new community wellbeing project is coming to northern lower Michigan. ‘Stories That Heal’ aims to help people heal from trauma through music and storytelling. It’s the brainchild of composer Molly Sturges.

The Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department and Health Department of Northwest Michigan are both lifting mask mandates for K-12 schools.

The latest data from the state health department show that COVID-19 is spreading fastest in Michigan’s youngest age group: people under 10 years old.

The Michigan Senate will begin hearings soon on a proposed overhaul of publicly provided mental health services.

One-third of vaccine-hesitant people in northern Michigan who completed the health department’s survey say they may get the vaccine if it’s required by their workplace, if it’s convenient for them, or if more research is done.

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