Created Equal: The end of race-based kidney testing
Since the late '90s, doctors have included race in equations used to estimate kidney function. Known as the estimated glomerular...
Detroit Evening Report: MDHHS to issue maternal health quality payments to hospitals
Some hospitals working to improve care to pregnant women will begin getting money from the state this fall. The Michigan...
Detroit Evening Report: New report highlights health care disparities for Michigan’s Black residents
Michigan isn’t providing fair and equal health care services to all races, according to a new report from the nonprofit...
Black Maternal Health Week spurs new legislation from Michigan Democrats
It's Black Maternal Health Week. It might seem odd for this to be racially specific until you realize that, in...
New U-M Midwifery program aims to diversify profession, improve health equity
The University of Michigan’s School of Nursing is allocating grant money to a program aimed at diversifying the Midwife profession...
Detroit Evening Report: New tool aims to improve ‘Tree Equity’ in Detroit neighborhoods
A new tool from the conservation nonprofit American Forests aims to show Detroiters of all economic backgrounds how increasing their...