LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging Michigan residents to take steps to avoid tick bites while enjoying the outdoors this summer. Tick-borne diseases, particularly Lyme disease and anaplasmosis, are increasing across the state. “Preventing tick ...

Editor’s note: This classic “Talk with the Doc” column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on Aug. 6, 2019. It was a significant learning experience for me and I am sure for many of us, when we finally understood the power of personal persistence. Personal persistence may be ...

When any popular entertainment centers on some infectious disease, chances are good it’s some epidemic (or even pandemic?). As we all know, movies are not reality. When it comes to infections in the real world, some of the most common everyday problems are due to a fungus. Most fungal ...

MARQUETTE — IncredibleBank and Northern Michigan University are working together to raise money for the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center with the Hope Starts Here Challenge, taking place June 11. The Hope Starts Here Challenge consists of several different outdoor athletic activities, ...

The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States is a member of the omicron family but scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease. Why? Because it combines properties of both ...

EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw County was awarded $82,172 to support first responders from the $5 million First Responder Training and Grant Program. The grant program supports efforts of local governments to expand recruitment, improve training and provide additional professional development and ...