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Rain and favorable winds could improve smoky conditions until another round at the end of the weekend, meteorologists said. Still, fine particulate matter in the air can impact breathing and exacerbate health problems.

Dylan Kulik and Ed Ronco talk backyard gardening. Wild fire smoke returns to the area this week. And an update on the food-born cyclosporiasis outbreak and how it's affecting northern Michigan.

Although most cases of food-borne illness cyclosporiasis have been concentrated in the southeast part of the state, some cases have been reported in our region.

A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets.

As millions of dollars flow to Michigan communities from opioid distributors, some up-north counties are electing to wait to start spending.

Ever walked by some newspaper boxes and noticed some aren’t filled with papers, but medicine? Chances are that medicine can help reverse an opioid overdose.

One measles case has been confirmed in Michigan already, but officials in northern Michigan say low vaccination rates in some counties are causing real concern for a potential outbreak.

Aneri Pattani, senior reporter for KFF Health News breaks down the differences in transparency between states that are spending opioid settlement dollars.

There's currently no tracking program for microplastics in the Great Lakes.

Whooping cough, for instance, is surging, with more than 1,500 cases already reported so far this year. That's compared to an average of less than 600 cases between 2017-2019, according to the state.