October 7, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
Four disaster recovery centers will open Tuesday to assist residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties who suffered damage after a historic flood swept across metro Detroit in August.
Some areas received more than 6 inches of rain. President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for the state of Michigan at the end of September, opening up streams of federal funding.
October 2, 2014 | Imperial College London
Published today in Science Translational Medicine, the findings indicate this may be a potential target for new drugs that could be more effective than existing treatments.
Viruses that infect the airways are the most common cause of asthma attacks, accounting for 80-90 per cent of cases. The great majority of these are rhinoviruses, which are the predominant cause of the common cold.
September 30, 2014 | MLive
MUSKEGON, MI – Several dozen Michigan families could soon enjoy safer dwellings thanks to a federal initiative designed to help vulnerable residents living in substandard homes.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Tuesday, Sept. 30 that Muskegon County and the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department will receive $4.7 million in grants to help prevent lead poisoning and other household hazards such poor air quality and […]
September 30, 2014 | The Detroit News
Control of most city health care services returns to the Detroit health department today, two years after the department was dismantled amid complaints it was hopelessly mired in bureaucracy.
Health services such as immunizations, HIV/AIDS testing and tuberculosis treatment were turned over to the Institute for Population Health in September 2012, amid red tape and high employee costs that kept Detroit’s Department of Health & Wellness Promotion from operating […]
September 30, 2014 | U.S. Dept. of HUD
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $112 million in grants to 39 local and state government agenciesand research institutions to protect children and families from the hazards of lead-based paint and from other home health and safety hazards.
September 29, 2014 | The Detroit News
As a certified asthma educator in Detroit, I know that every emergency room visit, hospitalization, and death as a result of asthma is preventable. Still, I’ve known kids to die from asthma attacks. I’ve watched a 5-year-old suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). I see kids like this every day suffer needlessly and live a compromised quality of life because of the air they breathe.
September 26, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama today issued a disaster declaration for the state of Michigan for damage sustained during last month’s massive flooding in metro Detroit, opening up streams of federal funding that could be vital to households, businesses and government bodies.
Earlier this month, Gov. Rick Snyder had requested the declaration, saying the cost of cleanup and repair of flood damage from the August storms — estimated at […]
September 25, 2014 | The Detroit News
Help is on the way for Michiganians whose homes, property and businesses were devastated by last month’s sudden and severe flooding.
Under a disaster declaration Thursday from Washington, they may be eligible for grants for temporary housing and home repairs, plus low-interest loans to cover uninsured losses.
September 23, 2014 | Model D
This year’s erratic weather has been tough on people and property in Metro Detroit. One of the coldest and snow-filled winters in memory gave way to a rainy summer where successive storms caused record flooding. During winter, many dealt with frozen pipes and exorbitant heat bills; in summer it was flooded basements and sewer backups.
But some buildings in Detroit were insulated from the extreme conditions — by design. […]
September 22, 2014 | The Wall Street Journal
Researchers are making interesting new discoveries about a particularly confusing type of asthma.
Doctors increasingly are recognizing that as many as half of asthma sufferers have a form of the lung disease known as nonallergic asthma. Some medications that help control symptoms of the more familiar allergic asthma aren’t as effective in nonallergic patients.