Kennedy, President Donald Trump's pick to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Senate confirmation hearings are scheduled Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 29-30.

Kansas officials are battling an outbreak of tuberculosis. Are Michigan residents at risk of contracting the bacterial disease?

HPAI, commonly known as bird flu, is a highly contagious respiratory disease that causes sickness and sometimes death in birds and mammals. Since December 2024, wild bird mortality cases have increased across the state, particularly among Canada geese, trumpeter swans, and scavenging birds.

Trump's administration also told federal health agencies to stop most communications with the public through at least the end of the month.

At least two Michigan health systems have put temporary visitor restrictions in place to reduce spread of illness between guests, patients, and workers. It isn’t a new move for Corewell Health or Detroit Medical Center, both of which have limited visitors during recent flu seasons.

Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that a bird flu pandemic was coming. He said

With a halt on scientific data being shared publicly, the CDC is getting crafty to warn of increasing flu hospitalizations.

Detroit climbed from No. 9 on the 2022 list to take the top spot, surpassing last year’s top reporter, Philadelphia, which ranked No. 2 in the latest assessment. Innerbody researchers developed a top 100 metro areas list using city-by-city data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The annual report is in its eighth year.

ALCONA COUNTY, Mich. – Bovine tuberculosis has been confirmed in a Michigan cattle herd for the first time since 2022. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) reported a case of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a beef herd from Alcona County. The disease was detected during an annual whole herd surveillance test.

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

The Benton Harbor Community Development Corporation, or Benton Harbor CDC, recieved a grant from Michigan Department of Agriculture allowing local entrepreneur

Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, who led the Democrats’ Senate campaign efforts the past two election cycles, has announced he will not seek a third term in