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The 4th of July celebrations will be different this year than in the past as COVID-19 continues to spread. Fireworks, parades and community gatherings cancelled. Health experts are encouraging people to stay home…

In the past 24 hours, coronavirus cases have surged in many states across the US, increasing fears that the first wave has not ended. In the past day, the CDC issued new guidance…

Michigan is continuing down the path of reopening the state, with  decline in the number of new cases and deaths again this week. Michigan is  “on track to contain the virus” – a designation it…

Summer has started, but COVID-19 has not taken a vacation. In the US, there are over 2 million confirmed cases and 114,000 deaths. A new CDC study projects the US could…

Protests around the world cry out against the death of George Floyd by law enforcement and the role of race in his death. Like far too many aspects of society, healthcare is…

A stunning “new” COVID -19 number was recently released by the Census Bureau: 33% of Americans show clinical depression or anxiety. And this is not the only startling number about the impact the…

COVID-19 will change the way many of us mark this Memorial Day. Parades, formal memorials at cemeteries, large family gatherings and other traditions will not take place as usual this year. We will all…

States across the country are taking steps to reopen their local economies without a common national roadmap. Businesses, too, are reopening, often without a well-defined, statewide safety plan. They are challenged to…

As COVID-19 continues to impact Americans’ daily lives, people seek to maintain some sense of normalcy or to establish a “new normal.”  New activities at home are discovered, and once forgotten pastimes…

Michigan, like many other states, is taking steps to relax orders aimed at reducing the spread of  COVID-19. In the forefront of discussions about reopening all or parts of a state’s economy…