Triage tents are going up at local Detroit area hospitals. Beaumont reports that their facilities across the region are 90 to 95% occupied, and rising. The volume of patients there is higher than last fall.
There are a number of individual hospitals that are over capacity. They’re overwhelmed with unvaccinated adults who are on the verge of dying.
Plus, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine was paused for review. So what does that mean? And what’s next?
To help sort this unfolding crisis out and make us smarter, Dr. Paul Thomas from Plum Health Direct Primary Care joins us.
Wholesale vs retail prescription drugs: How a local doctor is bringing big savings to patients
The high cost of prescription drugs is a national problem, but it is also a Michigan problem.
Posted at 5:44 PM, Apr 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-14 11:01:40-04
(WXYZ) â The high cost of prescription drugs is a national problem, but it is also a Michigan problem. Prices for the most commonly prescribed drugs for older patients have increased at more than 10 times the rate of inflation within five years, and the average cost of prescription drugs increased nearly 60% between 2012 and 2017, according to Michigan s Prescription Drug Task Force report. Meanwhile, Michiganders incomes have increased only 11%.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Hits Whole Foods In Detroit’s Midtown
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Feb 25, 2021 by Jer Staes
When the Whole Foods Market on Mack closed early on Tuesday night, customers didn’t know the reason why.
Now we do.
There has been a significant COVID-19 outbreak at the Midtown location, with the Detroit Health Department confirming to Daily Detroit that 23 out of 196 employees have tested positive so far.
Anonymous sources tell us that three quarters of the on-shift staff Tuesday night tested positive with rapid tests, meaning the store did not have enough employees to keep open. So it shut with an hour’s warning at 7 p.m. on February 23.