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New research at Michigan State University looks to crack down on fake and substandard prescription drugs. MSU scientists say their work is unusual in that criminology theory is being applied in the public health field. They say initial findings suggest that a country’s willingness to combat counterfeit and sub-standard medicines …

Nick Lyon, director of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, says there was an eight month spell between when he was told about a Legionnaire’s outbreak in Genesee County and when the issue again came to his attention. Testifying before lawmakers regarding Flint’s water emergency, Lyon said then …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources provides an online interactive map that highlights the state’s 2015 wildfires and prescribed burns – each more than 10 acres in size – to help mushroom hunters in their quest for morels. “Morel mushrooms are often found in locations where large fires occurred the previous …