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MDHHS Updates Testing Requirements For Long-Term Care Facilities

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has revised its epidemic order for COVID-19 testing in long-term care facilities across the state to reflect current guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.   Under changes to the COVID-19 testing order for skilled nursing facilities, homes for the aged and adult foster care facilities licensed to care for

By |2021-05-07T15:53:22-04:00May 7th, 2021|Coronavirus, Politics, Politics/Government, Science|

Copper Hop Brewing Co. First Brewery To Enroll In DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower Program

DETROIT - Copper Hop Brewing Co., located in St. Clair Shores has  enrolled in DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower program that provides DTE Electric customers with a turnkey solution to achieve their sustainability goals by attributing their energy use to Michigan wind and solar parks. Copper Hop will be attributing 100 percent of its energy use to

By |2021-05-07T15:53:22-04:00May 7th, 2021|Clean Update|

More Compact And Efficient Vertical Turbines Could Be Future Of Wind Farms

OXFORD, England - New research from Oxford Brookes University has found that the vertical turbine design is far more efficient than traditional turbines in large-scale wind farms, and when set in pairs the vertical turbines increase each other’s performance by up to 15%. A research team from the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (ECM)

By |2021-05-05T12:30:55-04:00May 4th, 2021|Clean Update, Featured|

HealthBar Hires Lomonaco To Lead Sales And Marketing

GRAND RAPIDS - HealthBar, a provider of custom healthcare services to consumers and businesses across its service areas, has hired Michael Lomonaco in a new role as its Director of Sales and Marketing and a member of the leadership team. In this role, Lomonaco will lead sales and marketing with a focus on cementing HealthBar's

Henry Ford Innovations Invites Entrepreneurs To Digitize Health Inquires

DETROIT – Henry Ford Innovations, in partnership with Google Cloud and Miracle Software Systems, will launch an international competition hosted in Detroit, inviting entrepreneurs to propose their top ideas for reducing health inequities through the use of digital technology. Henry Ford Innovations is the innovations arm of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System.  The winner will

By |2021-05-03T18:28:13-04:00May 3rd, 2021|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Report: Half Of Americans Say EVs Instrumental In Fighting Climate Change

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. — A new report contends majority (52 percent) of U.S. residents agree that electric vehicles are instrumental in combating climate change, and 46 percent agree that governments should increase tax incentives for people who buy EVs. Four in ten (41 percent) of Americans say they would consider an Electric Vehicle (EV) for their

By |2021-05-03T18:28:13-04:00May 3rd, 2021|Auto Tech, Clean Update|

Stats Reveal How Much Michigan Is Enjoying Its Online Sports Betting

DETROIT - Michigan now joins the ranks as one of the various states that now welcomes sports betting online. In December 2020, the state filed its rules for online casino, online sports betting, and online fantasy sports betting with the Office of the Great Seal. It had been working on the rules since February 2020,

By |2021-04-28T11:07:23-04:00April 27th, 2021|News|

Five Bullet Points From President Biden’s Earth Day Climate Summit

WASHINGTON DC - Forty heads of state gathered Thursday for a two-day virtual climate summit hosted by the White House, as President Biden set a new U.S. target for lowering emissions. The White House announced that by 2030 the U.S. expects to reduce its carbon emissions by between 50 and 52 percent compared to 2005 levels. The

By |2021-04-22T19:09:05-04:00April 22nd, 2021|Clean Update, Featured|

RFP’s Open For $5 Million To Expand Apprenticeships In Underrepresented Populations

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity released a second competitive Request for Proposals to fund registered apprenticeship expansion across the state. More than $5 million is available to fund grant awards to groups of statewide and/or local partners who will work as Regional Implementation Consortia to expand registered apprenticeship opportunities. “Our

By |2021-04-22T19:09:41-04:00April 20th, 2021|ESD, Featured|