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Michigan teen tobacco use ticks up as prevention funding lags
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While teen tobacco use in Michigan remains far below historic highs, data shows it's beginning to rise again, fueling renewed calls to boost prevention spending that has fallen far short of federal recommendations. Tobacco use among high school students rose to 16.5% in 2023, up from 14% in ...
New at Peter White Public Library
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Get ready for our Summer Reading: Unearth a Story! Check out all the new dinosaur books in Youth Services. I’ll be highlighting a few here that may catch your eye, but all summer long you can unearth a dinosaur story of your very own. “Field Trip to Dinosaur Valley” by John ...
Today in History: 1966, China’s Cultural Revolution begins
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Today is Saturday, May 16, the 136th day of 2026. There are 229 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 16, 1966, the Chinese Communist Party issued the May 16 Notification, a document that criticized "counterrevolutionary revisionists" within the party and marked the beginning of ...
Gus Macker kicks off today in Gwinn
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GWINN — It’s time to pick-and-roll your way down to the Gus Macker basketball tournament in Gwinn. Pre-registration will be held from 4-7 p.m. today at the Gwinn High School cafeteria, and the Battle of the Badges and Special Olympians will take place from 4:30-7 p.m. Food trucks and ...
The world’s reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID
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NEW YORK — The lingering impact of COVID-19, a few years out from the declaration that the pandemic was over, is scattered across how we live today — the work-from-home jobs, the way some have decided wearing masks is their new normal, the hand sanitizer dispensers that remain ever ...