September 27th, 20221DETROIT — 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...
November 24th, 20210LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has announced a federal grant to help hire additional staff at Michigan hospitals.
Under the agreement, the federal government will send two medical teams to local hospitals to relieve doctors and nurses as they treat COVID-19 and is expected to send 44...
September 15th, 20210DEARBORN — Due to a "perfect storm" of issues, Beaumont Health said all of its 10 emergency room departments are nearly full.
Some of the patients are COVID-related, but the overwhelming majority of patients have other medical conditions and concerns according to Beaumont.
Beaumont Health is also experiencing a blood shortage...
September 11th, 20210DEARBORN — A new study from Beaumont Health of COVID-19 patients across Southeast Michigan shows that vaccination prevents hospitalization and death.
After analyzing data for 11,834 COVID-19 patients treated at Beaumont emergency centers, researchers found that the hospitalization rate and emergency center visit rate was 96 percent...
August 26th, 20210DEARBORN — Beaumont Health has announced that it is opening up appointments for immunocompromised patients who want a third COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Beaumont is also encouraging patients who are moderately to severely immunocompromised and have received two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to get a third dose.
The...
July 28th, 20210DEARBORN — Beaumont Health has announced that it will be requiring all employees who practice at a Beaumont facility to have their COVID-19 vaccine.
The mandate will also apply to volunteers and providers.
The announcement came after the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant among unvaccinated people.
We have...
March 31st, 20210A breakthrough in the development of an early prediction of Alzheimer’s disease is underway, thanks to researchers at Beaumont.
Scientists at Beaumont Health have used precision medicine to discover a simple blood test that may provide an early prediction of the disease in patients. The research team, led by Beaumont geneticist Dr....
December 19th, 20200DEARBORN – U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) hosted a virtual town hall this week with health experts from Beaumont and Washtenaw County to discuss COVID-19.
“I can’t wait to get back to the things we used to work on instead of COVID 24 hours a day, but it matters,” Dingell said. “Public health really matters. First and...
December 18th, 20200MICHIGAN — The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at various Michigan hospitals this week, as immunization began in hard-hit epicenters of the pandemic in places like Wayne County.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun joined several frontline health care workers at...
March 17th, 20200Health system COVID-19 hotline staff expanded to meet demand
Beaumont Health has started processing a limited number of COVID-19 tests in its own laboratory. On-site processing allows doctors to have results in hours instead of days.
“We’re proud to have developed a mechanism to process tests within our health system,” said...
