Detroit Health Department Director Dr. Joneigh Khaldun has been tapped by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Director Robert Gordon to lead its Population Health, Medical Services, and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities administrations as well as the Aging and Adult Services Agency. As the Chief Deputy Director for Health […]
We’ve all faced that moment, when someone told us “we can’t.” For those individuals with developmental disabilities, the message can be particularly troubling. They face it a lot. Turning that “you can’t” message to a “you can” message is the aim of the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council (DD Council), which is advocating for the inclusion […]
A problem affecting Michigan communities will be addressed in a daylong conference March 1 in metro Detroit. “Gambling: How Do You See It?” is the theme of an 11th annual held at Novi Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Presented by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, […]
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) just announced that it will issue March and April food assistance benefits early to reduce the gap between benefits payments that resulted from the partial federal government shutdown. “Food assistance recipients can expect to receive next month’s benefits on March 3, 4 or 5,” according to […]
Being a foster child is often not an easy road to travel, and the path becomes even more difficult to navigate when it’s time for college. Fewer than 10 percent of former foster youth nationally enroll after high school and fewer than 3 percent eventually earn a degree. About 13,500 youth are in the Michigan […]
The number of legionella-related illnesses are on the rise in Michigan. So far in this year there have been 24 cases in the city of Detroit, 19 in Macomb County, 16 in Oakland County and 11 in Wayne County, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). There have also been 10 […]
Quitting smoking can be one of the hardest things to do but it is the right thing to do for you and your family. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) wants to make it easier and is expanding its telephone coaching and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) program to all Michigan residents. Through […]
Sometimes it can be difficult for clients to find the information they need about the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. Now a new free app called Michigan WIC Connect will put all the information at their fingertips. The mobile app from the MDHHS will give WIC participants […]
There is an opioid crisis in Michigan and emergency rules have been extended to get the medication naloxone to help save the lives of those addicted. From 1999 to 2016, the total number of overdose deaths involving any type of opioid increased more than 17 times in Michigan, from 99 to 1,689, according to the […]
As cases continue to rise, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has activated the Community Health Emergency Coordination Center (CHECC) to coordinate the response of the multiple jurisdictions involved in the hepatitis A outbreak. “To help coordinate Michigan’s response to the hepatitis A outbreak, we are opening the Community Health Emergency Coordination […]