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22 hours ago | 
wxpr.org | Chrystal Blair
A national report card finds that even with a $150 million budget threat last year, Michigan still made solid progress in staffing up its school mental health system. The report released by Inseparable - a mental health policy organization, as part of the Hopeful Futures Campaign - shows the state reached 36% of recommended psychologists, nearly 60% of counselors, and just over 40% of social workers.
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2 days ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Chrystal Blair
Results of a new study from Michigan State University suggest farmers no longer have to choose between growing crops and harnessing solar power. They can do both on the same land. The 25-year study of California farmland found farmers who added solar panels, a practice known as agrivoltaics, made more money per acre than those who did not.
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3 days ago | 
krcu.org | Chrystal Blair
Law enforcement officers and drug prevention advocates in Missouri are joining forces to tackle prescription drug misuse. As part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's "National Prescription Drug Take Back Day," five collection sites will be set up across Taney and Stone counties on April 26. Data from two years ago showed around 190,000 Missourians misused opioids, including 180,000 who misused prescription pain relievers.
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4 days ago | 
kttn.com | Chrystal Blair
Click the + Icon To See Additional Sharing Options(Missouri News Service) – Law enforcement agencies and drug prevention advocates in Missouri are collaborating to address prescription drug misuse through the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On April 26, collection sites around the state will be available for residents to safely dispose of unused or expired medications.
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4 days ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Chrystal Blair
Law enforcement officers and drug prevention advocates in Missouri are joining forces to tackle prescription drug misuse. Data from two years ago showed around 190,000 Missourians misused opioids, including 180,000 who misused prescription pain relievers. Marietta Hagan, project coordinator at Cox Health, warned prescription drug misuse contributes heavily to opioid use disorder.
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4 days ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Chrystal Blair
Law enforcement officers and drug prevention advocates in Missouri are joining forces to tackle prescription drug misuse. Data from two years ago showed around 190,000 Missourians misused opioids, including 180,000 who misused prescription pain relievers. Marietta Hagan, project coordinator at Cox Health, warned prescription drug misuse contributes heavily to opioid use disorder.
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4 days ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Chrystal Blair
A national report card finds that even with a $150 million budget threat last year, Michigan still made solid progress in staffing up its school mental health system. However, Inseparable's Vice President of Public Policy Caitlin Hochul said some gaps remain, including in staff training and essential early mental health screenings. "When you catch a condition early," said Hochul, "and you get treatment that you need early, you have better outcomes.
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5 days ago | 
kmaland.com | Chrystal Blair
(St. Louis) -- According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of maternal death, in Missouri and across the nation. Black women are more than three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related heart complications. Tiara Johnson, a St. Louis resident, was diagnosed ten years ago, at just 25, with peripartum cardiomyopathy or PPCM, a rare type of heart failure in the last month of pregnancy or within five months after giving birth.
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6 days ago | 
953mnc.com | Chrystal Blair
About 200,000 kids in Michigan have asthma, and nearly five million suffer from the condition nationwide. Research from Michigan State University shows school-based asthma therapy helps kids manage their symptoms while reducing medical costs. According to the study, school-based therapy relies on collaboration between school staff, nurses, health care providers, insurers, pharmacies, and families.
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6 days ago | 
wxpr.org | Chrystal Blair
Environmental groups across Michigan are pushing back after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed it will fast-track Enbridge's Line 5 tunnel project without conducting a full environmental review. Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline transporting crude oil and natural gas liquids beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
