As Michigan faces winter weather and snow, with Arctic cold air on the way, there's a risk of hypothermia and frostbite. Here's what to know.

Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that a bird flu pandemic was coming. He said

As flu, COVID-19 and RSV cases rise, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is encouraging Michigan residents to get vaccinated.

At least two Michigan health systems have put temporary visitor restrictions in place to reduce spread of illness between guests, patients, and workers. It isn’t a new move for Corewell Health or Detroit Medical Center, both of which have limited visitors during recent flu seasons.

This winter's wave of norovirus infections has reached levels that are now more than double last season's peak, in figures published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracking the notorious stomach bug.

Norovirus, commonly called the stomach flu, is a gastrointestinal virus causing vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramping and a fever.

How long does norovirus last? People who fall ill with norovirus typically recover within one to three days, per the CDC. However, the individual can still spread the virus for a

News of a chronic wasting disease case in Mecosta County came just days after Minnesota researchers said CWD could eventually pose a risk to other wildlife, livestock and potentially humans.

Norovirus cases have surged over double last year's peak, with a new strain, GII.17[P17], driving outbreaks. The Midwest is hardest hit as experts stress precautions.

At the end of December, trends in respiratory illness reached the highest levels so far this season at both the national level and in Michigan.

Mutations in one of the first human-isolated strains of H5N1 bird flu in the US were identified by the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

Wayne County has its first confirmed case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, state officials reported Friday. The "bird flu" virus was first detected in Michigan in 2022; and has been the focus of attention in recent weeks both in the state and across the country.