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Detroit, MI, United States

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University of Michigan Health websites attacked by pro-Russia hacker group

The websites of the University of Michigan Health were compromised Monday morning as part of a coordinated cyberattack by the pro-Russia hacker group Killnet. → Read More

Beaumont-Spectrum merger finally has new name

Michigan's largest in-state health system finally has a permanent name: Corewell Health. → Read More

Karmanos, Wayne State to open new $450 million research center in Detroit

The project includes two towers that will house up to 100,000 square feet of cancer research space, including wet labs, population research offices, clinical trials offices and education and outreach departments, on a site that is yet to be determined in Midtown near both organizations. → Read More

Lume Cannabis closes 4 stores, plans to open 3 others

Michigan's largest cannabis company is closing four dispensaries across the state in what it calls a "realignment." Troy-based Lume Cannabis Co. confirmed it is closing its stores in Southfield, Bay City, Cheboygan and Christmas, in the Upper Peninsula. In an emailed statement to Crain's, the… → Read More

Analysis: Call them what you like, but we can’t fish Asian carp away

Experts outside of Illinois, including the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, remain skeptical of the rebranding of invasive carp and worry normalizing the dangerous species to consumers could pose a new threat to the Great Lakes. → Read More

Offering mental health services at work betters the bottom line

After more than two years in a global pandemic, one that involved isolation and stress, employers have recognized how untreated depression and anxiety impact their bottom line. → Read More

UM forecast: Detroit to reach pre-pandemic employment in 2023

Detroit's economic recovery from the pandemic will accelerate in the coming years, according to a forecast from the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the University of Michigan.The city has recovered four-fifths of the jobs lost during the economic collapse in spring 2020 and is… → Read More

Feds approve civilian medical team for Henry Ford Wyandotte

The U.S. government approved Friday its fifth medical team to aid a struggling Michigan hospital.A civilian team of 30 doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists and supply chain personnel will be deployed to Henry Ford Health's Wyandotte hospital starting on Monday, Jan. 10. The team will remain in… → Read More

Wright Lassiter III

Last year started hopeful. The COVID-19 vaccine had found its way to hospitals and health care workers were getting inoculated against a disease that nearly incapacitated the industry only months earlier. There appeared to be light around the next bend in the pandemic. But the promise of an end to the pandemic was met with more darkness. → Read More

DMC shutters kidney transplant program; at least 146 patients left seeking alternative care

Detroit Medical Center quietly ended its kidney transplant program last month, leaving at least 146 patients on its transplant wait list to seek care at other health systems.The Detroit hospital system ended its program on Nov. 12, according to two sources who agreed to speak to Crain's on the… → Read More

CDC masking recommendation highlights Michigan COVID-19 hotspots

The new mask recommendations to mitigate the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention puts a spotlight on Michigan's least vaccinated counties.The CDC said Tuesday fully vaccinated people should return to wearing masks indoors… → Read More

Fraser credit union slapped with cease and desist over marijuana banking violations

Federal regulators wilted Live Life Federal Credit Union's growing marijuana business with a cease and desist order — the first known federal crackdown on marijuana banking. The U.S. National Credit Union Administration issued a cease and desist order in late February to the Fraser-based Live… → Read More

Registration now open for mass vaccination site at Ford Field

Michigan residents can begin registering for the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Ford Field in Detroit, which will open March 24.The site will operate 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m. seven days a week for eight weeks. The site will administer 6,000 doses per day when it opens with the intent of ramping up… → Read More

One year later: The week when everything changed and how the business community lived it

The stark reality of the COVID-19 pandemic is now more than a year long. Some 520,000 Americans and nearly 16,000 Michiganders are dead. Businesses remain disrupted by the long tooth of the infectious disease that continues to prevent customers and workers from being in close contact without… → Read More

Detroit Chamber report: K-shaped recovery leaving metro Detroiters behind

Unemployment and the economy are moving in the right direction as COVID-19 vaccines continue to abate the coroanvirus' destruction.For instance, new jobless claims in the U.S. were at the lowest point last week at 730,000 since the pandemic recession began in early April last year. But bubbling… → Read More

Beyond budding: One year in, Michigan recreational pot market keeps growing

After a halting start and a pandemic-fueled spike in sales, Michigan's 1-year-old recreational marijuana market is growing strong. Between Dec. 1 and Nov. 22, nearly $440 million of marijuana has been sold in the state on the "adult-use" market — also known as recreational marijuana, separate… → Read More

Raiders of the Lost Academics: Virtual learning a rocky adventure for parents, kids

I started Monday with a rigorous game of hide and seek. The best one Twin A had ever played. I found him hiding in the laundry basket under a blanket. He didn't give away his hiding spot with laughter this time. Because he didn't want to be found.Twin A was avoiding me and the new responsibility of… → Read More

Michigan records fewest new jobless claims in 21 weeks; national claims now below 1 million

Job losses are slowing but the outlook remains bleak as COVID-19's impact hinders hiring and growth. Michigan recorded the fewest new unemployment claims last week since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the state in mid-March. Only 14,462 initial jobless claims were filed with the state's unemployment insurance agency for the week ending Aug. 8, down from the revised 19,842 a week prior. New weekly… → Read More

Another 57,714 file for unemployment in Michigan; U.S. total up to nearly 41 million since coronavirus

Michigan's newly unemployed remained steady last week despite the auto industry's restart in the state. For the week ending May 23, 57,714 Michigan residents filed initial unemployment claims, up from the revised up total of 56,715 the week prior The Detroit 3 and many auto suppliers restarted… → Read More

Michigan COVID-19 deaths, cases spike after recent declines

Hopes that the deadly COVID-19 outbreak was loosening its grip were shattered Tuesday with the second-highest number of deaths reported in a 24-hour period since the coronavirus landed in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Tuesday 166 new deaths of COVID-19… → Read More