by Anna Liz Nichols More than a dozen Republican lawmakers in Michigan have signed onto a bill to bar physicians from performing gender-affirming care for transitioning minor patients. This effort follows multiple executive orders…

Dr. William Schaffner The highly contagious norovirus – popularly known as “stomach flu” or the “winter vomiting bug” – is now surging through the U.S.. The number of outbreaks is up significantly over previous years, possibly due in…

by Dr. Monica S. Aswani and Dr. Paul Shafer The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18% before the…

by Dr. Allan Steigleman Cataract surgery is one of the most popular and commonly performed procedures in the world. The vast majority of patients have excellent outcomes with few complications. Here are the numbers: By age…

Despite an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, the popularity of raw milk has only risen. Advocates claim raw milk has superior health benefits over pasteurized milk. There is little evidence to support these claims, however, and…

by Kyle Davidson After the first case of measles in Michigan since 2019 was reported in Oakland County on Feb. 23, county health departments are reporting two additional cases. On Sunday, Wayne County Public Health reported a…

by Dr. Matthew Woodruff By almost any measure, the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been a global success. As of January 2023, more than 12 billion vaccines against…

by Dr. Stephen Modell, M.D. In June 2020 Ann Arbor released its A2ZERO Living Carbon Neutrality Plan. Major areas include strategies to shift towards renewable energy, switch appliances and vehicles to electric, and create community…

by Dana McMakin Just like eating, drinking or breathing, sleep is an essential part of life. In fact, all animals do it – with some interesting variations. A dolphin, for example, sleeps with one eye open and only half of its…

by Dr. Claudia Finkelstein The U.S. is in far different shape today than it was last Memorial Day, and many Americans are, too. According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, undesired changes in…