Kristen Jordan Shamus
Health Reporter at Detroit Free Press
Health reporter, Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network. Michigander. Native of (way) upstate N.Y. Syracuse alum. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Kristen Jordan Shamus
St. Louis-based Ascension plans to sell four of its Borgess hospitals in southwestern Michigan to the Indiana-based Beacon Health System. Pending regulatory review, Beacon said the deal could be completed as soon as this summer and will add 2,700 employees to the system, which now has 8,100 workers. Until last year, Ascension owned and operated 15 Michigan hospitals. But as part of deals with Henry Ford Health, MyMichigan Health — and now Beacon — Ascension's name will all but vanish in Michigan.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Kristen Jordan Shamus
A Macomb County resident who visited the Windsor-Essex County area of Ontario, Canada, now has a confirmed case of measles, health officials said. That part of Ontario currently has a measles outbreak. The infected person does not appear to have exposed others to the highly contagious virus at any public place, Macomb County health officials said.
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2 weeks ago |
hometownlife.com | Kristen Jordan Shamus
Oakland County reported its first case of mumps since 2022 on Friday. It comes as the county also reported Michigan's first case of measles this year. Health leaders say the recent mumps and measles cases underscore the importance of vaccination, as both viruses are preventable with the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. An adult in Oakland County has the mumps, county health officials said Friday.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Kristen Jordan Shamus
An adult in Oakland County has the mumps, county health officials said Friday. It's the first case of the virus since 2022 in Oakland County and the ninth case in Michigan this year. “This case of mumps, coming just weeks after Oakland County’s first measles case of the year, underscores the essential role of vaccination in protecting our communities,” said Kate Guzmán, Oakland County health officer, in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Kristen Jordan Shamus
Oakland County reported its first case of mumps since 2022 on Friday. It comes as the county also reported Michigan's first case of measles this year. Health leaders say the recent mumps and measles cases underscore the importance of vaccination, as both viruses are preventable with the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. An adult in Oakland County has the mumps, county health officials said Friday.
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Michigan now has its first case of #measles in 2025. It infected a person from Oakland County who recently returned from international travel. Exposure times/dates/locations in the @freep story here, along with list of symptoms to watch for, etc. https://t.co/pdNxIJc3go