Stay up to date with your COVID vaccine
COVID vaccines work well to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death from COVID. Stay up to date with your COVID vaccine to get the most...
Category : Health and Wellness
How to help keep your child safe and healthy this school year
PHOTO CAPTION: American Medical Association President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., and his son Ethan. (StatePoint) As students return to classrooms, doctors say that it’s important...
‘The Cancer Patient’s Journey: What You Need to Know’ symposium to take place September 9
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, in partnership with the Karmanos Cancer Advocacy Program (KCAP), Karmanos Cancer Network and McLaren Health Care, will host the...
Legionnaires’ disease and warm weather
As summer continues, the Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) reminds residents of the ongoing risk of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD). Although exposure can occur at any...
Mental health needs of the BIPOC community continue to be addressed in August and beyond
Featured photo: Mama Sol, of Flint, who advocates for mental health for the BIPOC community Written by Tanya Terry A mountain can’t be climbed without...
Keeping up with COVID in Genesee County
Image by Egonetix_xyz from Pixabay By L.M. Land Recent Genesee County statistics show that few people have the most recent COVID bivalent booster shots. Non-hispanic (NH) Black residents...
Can you see me, or nah? Make an eye appointment today.
Written by Dr. Aisha Harris Are you squinting often or adapting to see what is in front of you? Are you straining? Is driving at...
UnTeal There is A Cure Concert for Awareness to educate on seriousness of ovarian cancer in enjoyable way this summer
Featured photo: Flint School of Performing Arts Guitarist Kyle Canjar and Vocalist Pia Borden Williams. Photo provided by Diann Glaza-Helblin Written by Tanya Terry In...
Addressing a late-summer uptick of COVID-19 hospitalizations
By Tanya Terry It looks like the U.S. may be facing a late-summer wave of COVID-19-related hospitalizations. COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise, according to...
CDC offers early warning for the ‘tripledemic’
By Tanya Terry Last winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses had affected at least around 40% of U.S. households according to survey released by the Kaiser...