While the nation waits to see how President Donald Trump will fare as he’s treated for COVID-19, doctors say there are lessons to be learned.
Author: Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press
Rare conjoined twins, born locked in embrace, successfully separated in Michigan
Sarabeth and Amelia Irwin are believed to be the first set of conjoined twins in Michigan to be successfully separated.
Family ravaged by coronavirus begged for tests, hospital care but was repeatedly denied
Gary Fowler went to the emergency rooms of three Detroit hospitals in the weeks leading up to his death, begging for a coronavirus test.
Coronavirus outbreak: Detroit traveler taken to hospital for testing amid new enhanced screening process
A sick traveler who arrived Tuesday morning at Detroit Metro Airport is suspected of having the coronavirus and was taken to a local hospital.
A tiny mosquito bite took away this Michigan teen’s ability to talk, walk. Now, she fights.
Savanah DeHart, the youngest person in Michigan to get EEE in 2019, is learning to communicate, sit up and move her arms at a rehab hospital.
17-year-old is first vape-injured patient in U.S. to undergo double lung transplant
The 17-year-old boy is believed to be the first person in the United States with vaping-related lung injury to receive a double lung transplant.
Detroit hospital says its doctors performed first double-lung transplant in vape-injured patient
Doctors at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital have performed a double-lung transplant on a person with a vaping-related lung injury.
Michigan to fight deadly mosquito virus with aerial spraying
Aerial pesticides will be sprayed in 14 Michigan counties to kill mosquitoes, as officials try to combat the threat of Eastern equine encephalitis.
Deaths from mosquito-borne EEE virus prompt calls to cancel outdoor events in Michigan
Three Michigan residents have died from the rare mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis, state health officials said.
Russia seeks prisoner exchange, but stops short of swap for Paul Whelan of Michigan
Russia called on the U.S. to free Konstantin Yaroshenko in exchange for Americans it has imprisoned. But accused Michigan spy Paul Whelan isn’t part of the deal.