Dearborn Department of Public Health unveils new Narcan station to address opioid crisis
November 17th, 20220 DEARBORN — A new Narcan station inside the Dearborn Train Station dispenses the lifesaving overdose drug for free, thanks to the efforts of the city’s public health department. The Dearborn Department of Public Health (DPH) announced on Wednesday the launch of a Narcan Vending Station, the first of several planned interventions...
TikTok provides an outlet for health education; there’s more to be done
October 24th, 20221 This article was contributed by Sumaiyah Ahmed, MHA, public health coordinator for ACCESS, and has been edited for style TikTok is a popular short-video app best known for its trendy dances and outlandish humor. However, it has also become a venue for healthcare providers to share health and wellness information with younger...
Cultural tradition and elder care in Detroit’s Arab American community
October 7th, 20221 By Lucas Resetar, special to The Arab American News and New Michigan Media In the year 2000, 11-year-old Marwan Mikhael left Iraq with his father. After crossing into Jordan and enduring a difficult and dangerous journey, he ended up at a small refugee camp in Bulgaria. “There was no food and little water,” Mikhael said. “I...
12th annual Men’s Health Event returns to Ford Field October 8
September 27th, 20221 DETROIT — The MIU (Michigan Institute of Urology) Men’s Health Foundation is hosting the 12th annual Men’s Health Event on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Ford Field in Detroit. Metro Detroit-area men 18 years and older, with or without health insurance, are encouraged to take advantage of this free event focused on...
Henry Ford Health first in the state to offer new cancer-detecting blood test
September 22nd, 20220 A Michigan hospital network is the first in Michigan to receive a blood test technology that detects cancer early, when it can be cured. Henry Ford Health, which has several hospitals in the Metro Detroit area, is among an early group of healthcare providers that will offer Galleri, a "Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) blood test"...
Pro-life movement sees loss as high court tells canvassers to sign off on November abortion ballot proposal
September 9th, 20220 Republicans lost an effort to stop a popular ballot measure over abortions from making it to voting booths in November. Thanks to a Thursday decision by Michigan’s Supreme Court, voters will get to decide whether abortion rights should be put into the Michigan Constitution, after the U.S. Supreme Court famously overturned Roe V....
Boosters that target Omicron now available in Michigan
September 8th, 20220 After the federal government's approval, the state now has "bivalent" booster shots available that target the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Michigan's health officials said Wednesday. The updated, or bivalent, boosters target the most recent COVID-19 Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, which are more contagious and more resistant than...
Wayne County expands criteria for who can receive a monkeypox vaccine
September 1st, 20220 The Wayne County Health Department announced this week it is expanding eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine as infections continue in the state. The health department is asking those who in live in Wayne County and meet at least one of the below criteria to call 1-866-610-3885 to schedule an appointment, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m....
Recovering: Rabih Darwiche shares his experience as a lesson for his community
August 30th, 20220 DEARBORN — Rabih (Rob) Darwiche had a childhood similar to many other east Dearborn kids. He was 6-years-old when his family moved here from Lebanon in 1989. He lived like any other kid and went to McDonald Elementary and from there to Lowrey. Though Darwiche had a perfectly ordinary childhood, being the youngest of his seven...
Superbugs are getting stronger. Our defenses are getting weaker
August 24th, 20220 – David Thomas, MS, is vice president of industry research at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. Emily Wheeler is director of infectious disease policy at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. A version of this piece originally ran in MedPage Today. Drug-resistant infections pose a growing threat to public health....
“It was the right thing to do”: Dearborn mother encourages conversation about organ and tissue donation
August 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN — Karim Khassouan lived a short, quiet life and his spirit will carry on in the lives he saved through the organs he donated. Khassouan was born with Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), a condition in which blood vessels become tangled, according to his mother, Nameer Alkurdi. It is normally treatable but, in Karim’s...
The average Michigander would give up four years of their life to keep eating fast food, survey reveals
August 19th, 20220 - This article was contributed by DrugGenius, a website dedicated to providing medically reviewed information about prescription drugs, health conditions, nutrition, supplements and more. It has been edited for style. Live fried, die young? There are many behaviors and habits many of us developed and continue, despite studies...
Dearborn nonprofit honors lives lost to overdoses in flower planting memorial
August 18th, 20220 DEARBORN — Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC), a long-running, Dearborn-based and Arab-founded nonprofit, will be hosting an International Overdose Awareness Day event on Aug. 24, in honor of those lost to substance overdoses. The international day to commemorate and raise awareness around overdoses occurs on Aug....
Here’s another quick, easy way to get free COVID tests delivered to your doorstep
August 11th, 20220 LANSING — Besides the U.S. Postal Service, which is still delivering free COVID-19 tests right to people's doorsteps, there's another quick and secure way to get those tests. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the state's health authority, announced a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation through Project...
MI adults 18 and older now have another COVID-19 vaccine option
August 11th, 20220 LANSING — Michigan residents ages 18 and older now have another COVID-19 vaccine option – Novavax – to help protect them from serious illness and death due to the virus. On July 13, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use among people ages 18 years and older for a two-dose primary......
Suspected or confirmed monkey pox exposure? Call local health dept. about vaccination
July 28th, 20220 Health officials in Michigan are urging residents who have been exposed — or suspect they have been exposed — to the monkeypox virus to contact their local health department about vaccinations. If you know or suspect you have had contact with someone with monkeypox, please contact your local health department for more...
The pox on our house
July 27th, 20220 — This article by Abdul El-Sayed originally appeared in the newsletter The Incision. It has been edited for style. Subscribe to The Incision here: incision.substack.com Over the weekend, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared monkeypox a “Public Health Emergency of International......
The legal age to buy tobacco, or even walk into a tobacco store, is now 21 in Michigan
July 21st, 20220 LANSING — You now have to be 21 years of age to purchase tobacco products in Michigan. The new rule is the result of a package of legislation signed by Governor Whitmer on Thursday that target public health-related issues. Legislation targeting the legal age for tobacco purchase in the state includes bills in both the State...
Governor Whitmer signs legislation for integrated behavioral health care facility
July 20th, 20220 DETROIT — As part of Governor Whitmer’s FY’22- ‘23 budget that was just signed, the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) was awarded $45 million to build a comprehensive regional transformative behavioral health campus in Detroit. The new 120,000 square foot care center facility will help address disparities in health...New state health website has up-to-date info on monkeypox symptoms, cases, more
July 20th, 20220 LANSING — A new website set up by the state’s health authority has the most up-to-date info on the monkeypox virus. The new website, Michigan.gov/mpv, is run by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The site provides information about the signs and symptoms of monkeypox and the number of cases in the...
CDC alerts parents and health providers of parechovirus, can cause severe illness in infants
July 14th, 20220 A virus known to cause severe illness in children is putting health authorities on high alert. The parechovirus (PeV) is a common childhood virus and is currently spreading across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a health alert. The CDC says that since May it has received reports from healthcare......
State abortion fight continues: Whitmer signs executive order against extradition; record number of signatures in petition drive
July 14th, 20220 LANSING — The fight to maintain abortion rights intact in the state continues, with new actions from Governor Whitmer as well as voters. This week, Whitmer signed an executive order refusing to extradite people who come to Michigan seeking reproductive health care. It also protects providers of legal abortion in Michigan, who will...
New loan repayment program offers student debt relief to behavioral health services providers
July 14th, 20221 MICHIGAN — A new program, made possible by the just-passed new state bipartisan budget, provides up to $200,000 in student loan debt relief for health care providers working in behavioral health services in underserved areas. The MI Kids Now Loan Repayment Program medical education debt repayment program is now open to providers of......
Dearborn organizations, others receive $500,000 to fight youth substance abuse in Southeast Michigan
July 12th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) and Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC) are two Dearborn-based organizations out of four total in the 12th Congressional District to each receive $125,000 in federal funding to prevent youth substance abuse, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell...First monkeypox case found in Michigan, but officials say public at low risk
June 30th, 20220 OAKLAND COUNTY — State health officials have detected the first Michigan case of the monkeypox virus in an Oakland County resident. The virus, which is similar to smallpox and has caused an ongoing global outbreak, can cause fever, headaches, rashes and other symptoms and is treatable. The Michigan Department of Health and Human......
