Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

To say that fruit and candy flavored vaping products are exclusively meant to lure in children is completely absurd, and arguably willfully deceitful.

No, it's not a cheap 1950's B-Horror movie. The Michigan Department of Health and Human services has issued a warning to Michiganders, and specifically in Kalamazoo and St. Joseph counties, to be extra careful about mosquito bites, as summer begins to wind down.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed five additional measles cases, bringing the state total to 39 for this year.

Under Erv Brinker, the MDHHS says that between 2007 and 2014 Summit Pointe misused up to $19 million of MDHHS funds that they received.

The Barry-Eaton District Health Department says that since 2001, West Nile Virus has shown up every year in communities around Michigan; so far in 2018 however, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says that only mosquito populations in the Thumb and Midland areas have tested positive for West Nile.

I called the reporter Justin Hinkley and asked him to come on air to discuss not only his original article but also the update to this issue.

The 2018 regional Eat Safe Fish Guides were released May 1 by the MDHHS. The guide says that from the Morrow Dam in Kalamazoo County to the Allegan Dam in Allegan County, every fish caught in the Kalamazoo River is listed as "Do Not Eat" due to PCBs in the fish. According to the MDHHS, eating even one meal of Bluegill, Carp, Rock Bass or any other fish from parts of the Kalamazoo River could result in health problems.

House Bill 5085 was passed by the Michigan House of Representatives 104-3 on Tuesday, and it would require that if the Michigan Liquor Control Commission collected more money in a fiscal year than they did in the previous year, 50 percent of that excess money would need to be allotted to Michigan's general fund, for disbursement to community mental health agencies to fight substance use disorders.

Following recent reports of varicella outbreaks around the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is advising parents to make sure their children are up to date on vaccinations against the disease, also known as chickenpox.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has concluded that residents are not expected to experience long-term harm to their health from breathing chemicals released into the air from the spilled oil, according to The finalized MDHHS Public Health Assessment evaluating levels of oil-related chemicals in the air following the July 2010 oil spill in Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties.