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Where to Get Cash, Food and Internet During the Covid Crisis
Even after modest business grants from the Washtenaw United Way dried up after just two weeks, local businesses are scrambling for PPP loans from the SBA and a few have even managed to land the elusive funding. Individuals and…
Doctors And Nurses on the Coronavirus Front Line Are Getting Sick And Dying — And Michigan Is Not Keeping Track
by P.D. Lesko
Despite threats from employers of disciplinary action and even firing, nurses and doctors say that health care workers fighting the coronavirus outbreak across the country are getting sick and dying. And despite the fact…
Two People in Washtenaw County Being Tested for Coronavirus
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has referred three potential cases of the new coronavirus from Washtenaw and Macomb counties to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing.
Results are expected…
Michigan Democratic Party and Indivisible Groups to Hold 12+ Health Care Town Halls Across Michigan
by Paul Kenan
This summer, Indivisible groups and the Michigan Democratic Party will host 12-plus health care town halls across Michigan. Republicans in Washington are working to pass plans that may rollback protections for pre-existing…
OP-ED: The iPhone Turns 10—And It Has Isolated Us, Not United Us
by Jean Twenge
Sometime around 2011 or 2012, it suddenly became very easy to predict what people would be doing in public places: Most would be looking down at their phones.
For years, mobile phones weren’t much to look at. The…
New Study: Almost Half of Doctors Posted Inappropriate or Unprofessional Content on Facebook Profiles
by Amy Norton | UPI
Not even doctors are immune from inappropriate social media posts. Young doctors often have "unprofessional" or offensive content on their Facebook profiles, a new study suggests.
The study, of newly graduated…
New Study: Terrifying Percentage of People Use Their Phones While Driving
Aaron Marshall
Everyone knows that distracted driving is dangerous. Everyone knows it’s happening, and that it’s responsible for deaths on American roads. But when it comes to specifics, the knowledge runs dry. Exactly how many people…
Washtenaw County Public Health Warns of Possible Exposure to Measles
by Susan Cerniglia
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed a second case of measles in a Michigan adult. Washtenaw County Public Health is providing information to local residents because of potential exposure to…
8th Annual Dawn Farm Ride for Recovery Slated for April 30
by Olivia Vigiletti
For the 8th consecutive year, local nonprofit Dawn Farm has partnered with a group of University of Michigan nurses and anesthesiologists to host an event that allows people of all fitness levels to tackle the problem…
13 Ways to Get More Antioxidants—and Why You Need To
by Manal Elfakhani
There are many reasons to think about eating better, but they do not all have to do with weight loss. Your food choices can help reduce stress in your body by reducing the number of free radicals in your cells.
We…