For the first time in a month, Henry Ford Health System resumed outpatient surgeries in specially designated operating rooms at its five hospitals, Senior Vice President Dr. Steven Kalkanis announced Thursday. Other health systems, including Detroit Medical Center and Michigan Medicine, said they are also easing into more surgeries. The announcements follow a dispiriting series of layoffs and furloughs…
Detroit Free Press Published 6:30 a.m. ET April 17, 2020 | Updated 8:56 a.m. ET April 17, 2020Here's the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the Detroit area and around Michigan. What you need to knowTracking the pandemic: Map of Michigan COVID-19 cases to dateCoronavirus symptoms to look for, how to get…
Michigan COVID-19 DataWhen it comes to coronavirus deaths in Detroit, African Americans make up 75.7 percent of total deaths.A map on the city’s website shows most of the deaths are in District 1. That area is in and around West 7 Mile Road.District 2 is the Fitzgerald neighborhood.About 55 percent of coronavirus cases in Detroit…
Michigan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases up to 28,059; Death toll now at 1,921“We have a crisis in the nursing homes. I know it’s true around the country,” Duggan said.The city plans to test thousands of people next week, especially nursing home residents.Duggan said despite the numbers from nursing homes, the city appears to be experiencing fewer…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…