Sparrow Hospital & MSU Teamed for Pediatric Care Call Center
Posted: 4:49 PM Sparrow Hospital and MSU announce their joint creation of CareMatch for Kids, a call center doctors can use to coordinate specialty care of their child patients.
Posted: 4:49 PM Sparrow Hospital and MSU announce their joint creation of CareMatch for Kids, a call center doctors can use to coordinate specialty care of their child patients.
Posted: 1:11 PM Sparrow Hospital has a new mobile app that will allow patients to schedule appointments, access their medical records and much more.
Posted: 5:49 PM Authorities are reporting six deaths and 69 infections in Michigan as part of a national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids.
Updated: 12:42 AM If you missed the inaugural Lansing Marathon--- it's coming back for a second year. 2,200 people registered for last year's marathon, which more than doubled expectations by organizers. Now they hope to build upon last year's momentum.
Updated: 6:58 PM Health officials have now confirmed at least 20 cases of fungal meningitis in Michigan.
Updated: 5:01 PM Outbreak linked to contaminated steroid shots from company in Massachusetts.
Posted: 6:08 PM The fungal meningitis outbreak reaches Michigan. The state health department is confirming six cases in Michigan-- which is among 49 cases in seven states. Five people have died. While this form of meningitis is not contagious, it's not unrealistic that there could be dozens if not hundreds of cases in Michigan once everyone is diagnosed. It is estimates that nationwide thousands could be infected.
Posted: 11:07 PM Outbreak caused by contaminated steroid shots that were shipped to Michigan.
Updated: 12:31 AM The number of people who have or have died from West Nile Virus is unprecedented in Michigan this year, and now the state House is getting involved.
Updated: 9:33 AM Michigan is tipping the scales to a dangerous level. According to a report released Tuesday, 60 percent of the state could be obese by 2030.
Updated: 9:04 AM Better sleep, stronger joints, a boosted immune system-- and a younger look? Some say you can get all of that in just one supplement, called TA-65.
Posted: 8:59 PM The FDA is not required to follow the panel's advice, though it usually does.
Posted: 2:50 PM Health officials in Washington State are now calling an outbreak of whooping cough epidemic.
Posted: 2:45 PM Michigan's House of Representatives passes 4 bills Thursday related to the control of medical marijuana.
Posted: 2:08 PM HIV-positive Americans could lose major coverage if the Affordable Care Act is struck down.
Updated: 12:15 AM Plans are announced that will combine Sparrow Hospital's Children Center and MSU pediatric clinics in one location. That location is expected to be at the Sparrow Professional Building in Lansing.
Updated: 12:14 AM Clinton and Eaton county fall among Michigan's healthiest counties in new national study. Ingham and Jackson county rank 32 and 53 respectively.
Updated: 9:05 AM A Texas man has been running a mile a day for 35 years straight. Not even a hospital stay will stop Bill Anderson.
Updated: 5:05 AM Both Michigan's House and Senate pass bills that would require health insurance companies to offer coverage for the treatment of autism. Gov. Snyder is expected to sign the bills into law.
Posted: 1:32 PM Michigan's Senate passes a bill that would exempt breastfeeding mothers from having to serve as jurors.
Posted: 4:50 PM 2 people are hospitalized with e.coli in Michigan. 5 others have symptoms. The Michigan Health Dept. are issuing an alert. Officials believe the e.coli is linked to sprouts.
Updated: 3:58 PM Ingham County Health Officials have determined that Carly Glynn, a 19-year-old MSU student, died of meningococcal disease. The disease is caused by the same bacteria that causes meningitis, but effects the body's entire system, not just the brain.
Posted: 12:17 PM This is the latest start of flu season in 25 years.
Posted: 7:32 PM Doctors at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital determined the girl born nine weeks premature had only hours to live if they did not operate.
Posted: 11:06 PM Doctors worried about shortage of drug used to treat one type of leukemia.