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Michigan's health director on Thursday acknowledged that the state's COVID-19 death toll in long-term care facilities could be ...

Hertel: Michigan not undercounting nursing home deaths, but possible at other facilities Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press © Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel speaks during a press conference before the opening of a drive-thru vaccination clinic at the former Sears Auto Center site at the Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Michigan is not undercounting pandemic-related nursing home deaths, but COVID-19 deaths at smaller long-term care facilities might have slipped through the...

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It is no coincidence that two of the worst coronavirus outbreaks took place in states that failed to protect their vulnerable elderly populations. Both New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer passed policies forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-19-positive patients during the early days of the pandemic, and both states suffered as a result.

MDHHS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2021 CONTACT: Bob Wheaton, 517-241-212 LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Children's Trust Fund is seeking applications for projects to deliver services to prevent child abuse and neglect. The Direct Service Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program supports local or statewide public, private or nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations with community-based, secondary prevention programs and services designed to promote strong, nurturing families and prevent child abuse and neglect. Grants funded through this program sho...