Initiatives aim to increase student access to healthcare in Michigan schools stateofreform.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stateofreform.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will call for $26.6 million in funding for family planning and maternal health services in her executive budget proposal Wednesday, aiming for improved maternal and infant health and increased access to contraception and other reproductive health care.
For nearly 30 years, Michigan has been reducing its infant mortality rate. Still, as of 2009, a black infant in Michigan is three times more likely to die than a white baby, according to the latest statistics from 2009.
In fact, the mortality rate for black infants in Michigan for 2009 (15.5 per 1,000 live births) is roughly the same today as for white infants in 1973 (15.2). In the last decade, infant mortality rates for white infants have decreased from 5.9 to 5.4.
EAST LANSING, Mich. The East Lansing Public Library (ELPL) welcomed Angelo Moreno to the place of interim director this week; his first day within the new
Top East Lansing library leaders resign lansingstatejournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lansingstatejournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.