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A new face will join the leadership team at U.P. Health System Portage. Steve Bishop will become the new Chief Financial Officer effective today. He most recently served as the assistant CFO at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho. Bishop will oversee all the finances at the hospital. He says …

The white-nose syndrome effecting bats in Michigan has taken its first victims this winter. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced that members of the public have found dead bats outside the opening of an abandoned copper mine near Mohawk in Keweenaw County and reported it to DNR field …

For decades, Michigan Tech has had policies on tobacco use and a few months ago, discussions began about banning the use of e–cigarettes as well. And due to the fact that many health organizations really don’t know how to classify it, that leaves the Tobacco–Free Task Force with their hands …