• Mashup Score: 10

    I would argue that anything about Florida directly relates to Michigan. We’re connected. Michiganders visit there, vacation there, many of us even eventually move there. I mean, lots of sun and no state income tax, what’s not to like, right? Well, as it turns out…

    Tweet Tweets with this article
    • RT @JohnAuchter: cartoon for @MichiganRadio #CultureWars #Florida https://t.co/juYiwqUFoC https://t.co/WoBQoiIyFD

  • Mashup Score: 0

    While rare, cases in which young athletes in Detroit have suffered sudden cardiac arrest show the need for more automatic external defibrillators, one cardiologist says.

    Tweet Tweets with this article
    • The #AccessToAEDsAct uses federal resources to help schools purchase #AEDs, receive proper training, replace outdated equipment & provide better #HeartScreening programs for athletes. Learn more in this article with our cardiologist Dr. Joshua Greenberg: https://t.co/1r4AxSuaT4

  • Mashup Score: 0

    On Nov. 8, Michigan voters will decide whether to put the right to an abortion in the state constitution by voting on Proposal 3. To better understand what’s at stake, Michigan Radio got a rare degree of access to Northland Family Planning. For nine days in August and September, we shadowed a doctor and clinic staff through every step of the process.

    Tweet Tweets with this article
  • Mashup Score: 31

    Marcel is a pink-cheeked, six-month-old baby with a heart defect. He was scheduled for life-saving surgery, only to end up in a “purgatory of waiting,” with months of delays and cancellations. That’s because overwhelmed, understaffed hospitals are having to make brutal choices, like which baby needs open-heart surgery the most?

    Tweet Tweets with this article
    • Surgeries serially postponed ⁦@umichmedicine⁩ for our littlest victors, babies born with heart defects. We aren’t going to get back to normal by speaking it into existence. #GetVaccinated #WearAMask https://t.co/VpVyOjIggh

  • Mashup Score: 83

    Soldiers and airmen have deployed as “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Teams” (CVTT) throughout the pandemic to long term care facilities, food banks, and health departments. But these events may mark a new phase: using troops to try to keep school doors open.

    Tweet Tweets with this article
    • This is so sad Schools don't want to quarantine so they try "alternative quarantine": masks + symptom checks But it isn't working (obviously) So they (wisely) try to get rapid tests to use before school (much safer!) but can't get them. Now PCR out too https://t.co/8CSklkhkII