The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reimbursing the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for COVID-19 tests.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $248 million to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as reimbursement for safety measures the state took during the pandemic.

Michigan will soon eliminate an inactive requirement that able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid must work. The bill removing that requirement was signed into law Jan. 21 by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after passing in the House and Senate in December along party lines, with Democrats in favor. The law will take effect April 2.

Questions remained Tuesday about which programs would be covered by the federal funding pause announced Monday and which would not.

Children, infants, rural communities and seniors are some of the groups Protect Our Care Michigan say will be negatively impacted by Medicaid funding cuts.

U.S. senators will soon determine whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be the nation’s next health secretary. If the environmental attorney from California takes the reins of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

FEMA and the Michigan State Police/Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division announced on Jan. 21, 2025 that $248,096,445 has been made available to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of March 27,

Michigan organizations react to federal funding freeze including the state budget office and local health department

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is preparing to send a second shipment of family planning resources to more than 300 locations across the state through the Take Control of Your Birth Control program.

No policy changes have been made yet, officials said. How a biological mother knew the location of her foster daughter is one lingering question.

Questions remained Tuesday about which programs would be covered by the federal funding pause announced Monday and which would not.

Gov. Whitmer declares January 2025 as Social Determinants of Health Month to address health disparities in Michigan.