https://www.wcmu.org/tags/health-problems Health Problems en-US Copyright Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-23/female-youth-sports-injuries-on-the-rise-in-michigan-doctors-say Doctors are seeing an uptick in ACL knee injuries in young athletes across Michigan. WCMU's Tina Sawyer recently sat down with WCMU multimedia producer Stefanie Mills to learn more. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-23/female-youth-sports-injuries-on-the-rise-in-michigan-doctors-say Tina Sawyer, Stefanie Mills https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-02/lyme-disease-rates-have-nearly-tripled-in-michigan-over-last-five-years Michigan public health officials are urging people to exercise caution outdoors and avoid ticks, as lyme disease cases have nearly tripled in the last five years. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:26:34 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-06-02/lyme-disease-rates-have-nearly-tripled-in-michigan-over-last-five-years Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-11-12/state-data-shows-uptick-in-whooping-cough-cases The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says they've already received 830 confirmed or probable cases of the disease so far this year. Between 2017 and 2019, Michigan averaged 596 cases of whooping cough. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:04:34 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-11-12/state-data-shows-uptick-in-whooping-cough-cases Jozef Korzeniewski https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-07-03/lake-huron-pfas-foam-is-a-visible-reminder-of-contamination Natural foam is usually off-white and has an earthy smell, but some foam — that’s artificially white — contains toxic “forever chemicals” on the beaches of Oscoda. Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:51:32 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-07-03/lake-huron-pfas-foam-is-a-visible-reminder-of-contamination Teresa Homsi, Courtney Boyd https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-10-04/whitmer-signs-lead-testing-requirements-into-law Advocates say universal lead testing law will help identify, phase out lead. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:03:18 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-10-04/whitmer-signs-lead-testing-requirements-into-law Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-05-31/pfas-in-garden-fertilizer The Ecology Center and the Sierra Club had nine types of bagged fertilizer tested for PFAS. Eight had between 14 to 20 detectable kinds of PFAS. The… Mon, 31 May 2021 23:04:30 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-05-31/pfas-in-garden-fertilizer Lester Graham