Detroit

Everything about the death of James Beavers was complicated, beginning with the fact that no one expected him to die.The 55-year-old Detroit husband, father and grandfather had a bad cough from what seemed to be a cold, that's true. And he'd had health problems for years — congestive heart failure, diabetes, a history of pneumonia and was…

CLOSEIt sounds like a crappy job, but it just might help save lives.If you have the coronavirus, it is passing right through you, researchers confirm, and, with every flush, it's going into the sewer. As a result, Detroit public officials now hope by collecting sewage samples, they can track and predict outbreaks.Officials announced Monday they are refocusing a two-year-old…

FOX 2 – Pediatricians are monitoring a concerning condition in kids likely triggered by COVID-19.Metro Detroit is the only area in Michigan seeing diagnosed cases of pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome with most being treated at Detroit Children’s Hospital of Michigan.Rare COVID-19 linked illness in children has hospitals getting readyPediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome is on the…

FOX 2 - Pediatricians are monitoring a concerning condition in kids likely triggered by COVID-19. Metro Detroit is the only area in Michigan seeing diagnosed cases of pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome with most being treated at Detroit Children's Hospital of Michigan. Rare COVID-19 linked illness in children has hospitals getting ready Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome…

Deborah Gatewood had two years to go before she could retire from a Detroit hospital.But Gatewood, a phlebotomist for three decades, will never celebrate that milestone.She died April 17 from symptoms related to the coronavirus.Her daughter said that prior to her mother's death, she was denied a coronavirus test four times by her employer, Beaumont…