After the first big waves of vaccinations, health officials knew it would slow down. That’s why they’re switching tactics, like vaccinating at Wayne County Community College.
Partnership aims to tackle food insecurity among seniors through grocery deliveries
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A shopper surveys the overflowing selection of packaged meat in a grocery early Monday, April 27, 2020, in southeast Denver. With closures in meat processing plants across the country because of the spread of the new coronavirus among workers, food analysts are forecasting shortages of beef, pork and poultry on the shelves of the country s supermarkets in the days ahead. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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LANSING, Mich. â The Food Bank Council of Michigan â in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services â recently received a Feeding America Boundless Collaborations grant to support a statewide grocery delivery program for older adults facing food insecurity.
Michigan Office of the Governor via AP
3 Jun 2021
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Director Elizabeth Hertel acknowledged Thursday that coronavirus-related nursing home deaths “could be” undercounted in the state.
The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) appointee disputed to the House Oversight Committee previously reported data that could indicate there has not been a full accounting of all deaths in long term care facilities.
Independent journalist Charlie LeDuff reported last week virus-related deaths could be undercounted by as much as 100 percent.
To date, MDHHS claims 29 percent of coronavirus-related deaths occurred in nursing homes, or about 5,600, according to Bridge. But LeDuff reported a review of vital records from March 2020 to June 2020 found 44 percent “were traced back to nursing homes and other long-term facilities.”