There is a growing epidemic the country needs to worry about, and it’s only going to get worse if we don’t take action, the U.S. surgeon general says.

GENEVA — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide.

ATLANTA — When does the COVID-19 pandemic end?

After three years of caring for patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Michigan’s major health systems are making masking optional in most areas over the next week.

The Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH) recently received national recognition for its ability to plan for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies and disasters.

The Ottawa County Department of Public Health announced Thursday that it will begin to close its COVID-19 community testing sites this week, marking the end of nearly three years of service.

Anxiety is the most common psychological disorder affecting adults in the U.S. In older people, it’s associated with considerable distress as well as ill health, diminished quality of life, and elevated rates of disability.

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors’ offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than risk meeting face-to-face.

WASHINGTON — A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab?

COVID-19 case numbers remain steady in Michigan, with no counties in the state in the high risk category. According to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control, a large majority of the state's counties are in the green.

Monday night, a mass shooting on the Michigan State University campus left three people dead, five injured, and countless others dealing with the trauma of the event.

It’s sometimes easier to define what hospice is not, rather than trying to absorb all the things it is – especially in assessing when one should reach out.

In Ottawa County’s last community needs assessment, mental health care and access to it were tied atop the most pressing issues. That prompted Mosaic Counseling to take action.

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.

Sareth Sin, 67, died upright, seated in a plastic chair, on Christmas Day. He was asphyxiated by fumes from the generator he ran to chase the desert chill out of a cannabis greenhouse on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.

January marks Cervical Health Awareness Month across the United States, where every year more than 14,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer.

Living with Alzheimer’s disease is like traveling in a foreign land without a map and unable to communicate. Caregivers and family members need a map to navigate this ever-changing disease and skills to communicate with love and understanding.

Nicotine vaping became the most common type of substance use among young people, according to a long-term national study headed by University of Michigan researchers.

HOLLAND — It has been almost two years since Kendra Ireland gave birth to her daughter, Hudson.

It is hard to think of the COVID-19 pandemic as being anything other than negative. The one silver lining to emerge from the pandemic, however, is that for the past two years, the common cold and flu were practically nonexistent.

The holidays can be a stressful time for people, sometimes brought on by unrealistic expectations that can lead to experiencing the “holiday blues.”

With more than 200 Americans still dying of drug overdoses each day, states are beginning the high-stakes task of deciding how to spend billions of dollars in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers and distributors. Their decisions will have real-world implications for families and commu…

About 4 in 10 seniors living in Michigan nursing homes are up-to-date on their coronavirus vaccines, which could leave many vulnerable if cases surge again this winter.

The Michigan Department of Health has approved two hospitals' requests to temporarily add more beds on an emergency basis in response to a recent increase in patients hospitalized for respiratory viruses.

Orthopaedic Associates of Muskegon (OAM) recently announced the opening of a new expanded office in Grand Haven.

GRAND RAPIDS — There are growing concerns as cases of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu continue to rise across Michigan.

Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don’t skip your flu shot this fall – and seniors, ask for a special extra-strength kind.

In 2021, 30 of the 33 people who died by suicide in Ottawa County were men.

Leaders from the North Ottawa Community Health System (NOCHS) and Trinity Health Michigan have signed an agreement for NOCHS to become a full member of Trinity Health Michigan, starting Oct. 1.

LOS ANGELES — With monkeypox on the rise, Lady Kay decided to hold off on meeting clients in hotel rooms or private dungeons.

LANSING — Michigan health officials identified 15,851 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 83 new coronavirus deaths last week, according to the state’s weekly update on Tuesday.

Bozeman Health had a problem, one that officials at the health system with hospitals and clinics in southwestern Montana said had been building for months.

Often maligned foods such as meat, sugar, saturated fat and gluten might not be the most dangerous things you could be eating these days.

The number of deaths by suicide in Ottawa County have remained consistent for nearly a decade, with the number in 2021 exactly the same as the previous year.

Folks of a certain vintage have the tell-tale crater on their upper arms: The discolored, shallow scars from the smallpox vaccine.

Adults with mild to moderate hearing loss will now be able to buy hearing aids without getting their hearing tested by an audiologist or other specialist, under a new FDA rule announced Tuesday.

People in Ottawa County are still continuing to get sick from shiga-toxin producing E. coli.

Earlier this week, the Ottawa County health department sent out a public notice warning people of the growing cases of illnesses related to shiga-toxin producing E. coli.

MUSKEGON — Public Health Muskegon County has been notified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that a probable case of the monkeypox virus has been identified in a Muskegon County resident.

The Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH) said that two probable cases of monkeypox have been identified in Ottawa County.