Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michigan doctors criticize changes to US childhood vaccination schedule
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of shots it recommends for American kids. Michigan public health experts say the decision is ânot based on science.â…
Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
By Anna Clark, ProPublica
This story was originally published by ProPublica.
Just 15 months after receiving an award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for excellence in community water fluoridation, the city of Grayling, Michigan, changed course.
With little notice or fanfare, council members voted unanimously in May to end Grayling’s decades long treatment program.
Losing ‘SNAP-Ed’ isn’t just losing educators, but also an infrastructure to promote community health
Federal funding cuts mean more than 120 health educators in Michigan will be out of work this month and health programs will end.
Mosquito season extending, expected to last well into fall
As temperatures warm due to climate change, the mosquito season is extending longer into the fall.
Grand Rapids advocates criticize EPA attempt to rescind endangerment finding
Environmental advocates in Grand Rapids are asking the public to speak out against a federal effort to rescind Obama-era findings on carbon emissions.