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A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine sits on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, California, on Feb. 6, 2015.

Measles and whooping cough cases surge in Michigan as vaccination rates drop

Water fluoridation, long considered a public health success story, is under scrutiny

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

US measles cases surpass 700 with outbreaks in 6 states. Here's what to know.

Measles clinic

Elissa Slotkin cosponsors bill to crack down on large pharmaceutical price increases

Elissa Slotkin

Michigan’s rural hospitals, nursing homes would bear the brunt of federal Medicaid cuts

Hospital patient

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington.

Reproductive Rights

In first 100 days, Trump’s moves on abortion echoed Project 2025 playbook

Reproductive Rights

Cuts to Medicaid would affect access to reproductive care for millions of women

Trump’s new FDA commissioner might ban abortion medication

Reproductive Rights

Research group says state-mandated abortion data collection should be revisited

Chip Roy, Andy Harris

House Republicans’ Medicaid ‘reform’ ideas would lead to massive funding cuts

Lansing protesters 2-5-25

Reproductive Rights

Michigan lawmaker goes public about her sterilization surgery

Robert Kennedy Jr.

Reproductive Rights

Anti-abortion group applauds Kennedy remarks at confirmation hearing

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

What are shield laws and how do they protect telehealth abortion providers?

Planned Parenthood building

GOP efforts to defund Planned Parenthood threaten affordable health care services

Trump executive orders

Trump executive order is first offensive against Biden efforts to lower drug costs

Hospital patient

Medicaid is in Republicans’ sights. Here’s what you need to know.

Abortion Rights

Reproductive Rights

Where to go for information on reproductive health care in Michigan