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Maria Catalfio

Weekend Reading: Parkinson’s Awareness, ACA plan enrollment, vaccine updates, and catch-up on ketchup
Weekend Reading: Parkinson’s Awareness, ACA plan enrollment, vaccine updates, and catch-up on ketchup 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Michigan continues to lead the country in the number of new COVID-19 cases. The state’s positivity rate has climbed to 18% — about four times higher than mid-February. COVID-19 inpatient hospitalizations are surging, causing…

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Weekend Reading: COVID-19 News of the Week, Got Questions?, 2020 Suicide Deaths, Handstands and more!
Weekend Reading: COVID-19 News of the Week, Got Questions?, 2020 Suicide Deaths, Handstands and more! 2121 1414 AEPC Health

National Minority Health Month (NMHM) is celebrated ever year in April. NMHM began over 100 years ago as National Negro Health Week. In April 1915, Dr. Booker T. Washington dispatched a letter to…

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Obesity: “Willpower” explained
Obesity: “Willpower” explained 2560 1898 AEPC Health

Stories in last Friday’s Weekend Reading highlighted a pandemic related health concern many of us have noted over the last 12 months: weight gain among children and adults. Staying in…

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Weekend Reading: Spermbot, Weight … It Matters, Feuding Cousins and Giorgio & Emil
Weekend Reading: Spermbot, Weight … It Matters, Feuding Cousins and Giorgio & Emil 2121 1414 AEPC Health

March Madness, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournaments to determine the men’s and women’s national championships, continues this weekend. For some lucky individuals,  their bracket picks are still in play. For others, their picks…

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Weekend Reading: Path to Resistance, Did You Know, Flashback Friday and Head to Toe
Weekend Reading: Path to Resistance, Did You Know, Flashback Friday and Head to Toe 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Looking to make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment?  Michigan residents can sign-up with their local health departments or with health systems offering appointments. Many local pharmacy chains are providing COVID-19 vaccinations. Just this week, CVS announced…

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Will the American Rescue Plan rescue health care?
Will the American Rescue Plan rescue health care? 2560 1510 AEPC Health

There’s no debating this: COVID-19 has created a health crisis and an economic crisis of a magnitude that hasn’t been experienced in any living person’s lifetime. But fierce debates about…

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Weekend Reading: 525,600 minutes
Weekend Reading: 525,600 minutes 2121 1414 AEPC Health

The song, Seasons of Love, from the Broadway musical Rent poses the question: 525,600 minutes How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee In…

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Weekend Reading: MI Vaccine Eligibility Expanded, Vaccine Efficacy, Raise a Glass and Four “Cs”
Weekend Reading: MI Vaccine Eligibility Expanded, Vaccine Efficacy, Raise a Glass and Four “Cs” 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Michigan continues to make progress in its fight against COVID-19 according to key data metrics. In light of the progress, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued updated COVID-19…

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It’s the costs, stupid.
It’s the costs, stupid. 2560 853 AEPC Health

Remember when presidential candidate Bill Clinton proclaimed, “It’s the economy, stupid”? That phrase resonated with folks as an obvious truth, and he won that election. So now, a new study…

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Weekend Reading: Increases in Rx Cost Share & Mortality,Tribute to African American History, Heart Matters, & What will it be like when we go back to the office?
Weekend Reading: Increases in Rx Cost Share & Mortality,Tribute to African American History, Heart Matters, & What will it be like when we go back to the office? 2121 1414 AEPC Health

February 2021 is nearly in the books! Nationally, the average weekly number of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths declined during the month. Public health officials urge continuation of public health measures, noting…

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