LANSING—The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced that the state has received agreements from nearly all of the state’s health insurance companies to waive cost-sharing, including copays, deductibles, and coinsurance for coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and treatments. The Whitmer Administration and DIFS had worked with insurers to waive these costs. “Michiganders that are fighting
LANSING – The MSF Board has approved modifications in the Business Accelerator Fund (BAF) which provides grants to 16 Smart Zone business accelerators to help high tech companies commercialize technology and grow. These modifications will help the Smart Zone accelerators better support their clients that are now struggling due to drastic economic decline due to
GRAND RAPIDS — It will be June before there is any broad-based restart of any economic activity, said Paul Isely, associate dean and professor of economics in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. State health officials have said the number of COVID-19 cases in Michigan will peak in early to mid-May.
ANN ARBOR - Infectious disease expert Fred Brown, who was on the teams that developed tests for HIV and Ebola, said the most important step anyone can take to minimize the body count that COVID-19 is expected to produce in the United States is STAY HOME. Here’s a list of his other steps. He will
LANSING - The $349 billion in federal loans allocated for small businesses are now available. For those of you who have not yet looked into these loans, here's what to do: 1. Be prepared. Visit SBAM's website for the latest guidelines, FAQs and the application. 2. Read the final guidance from the SBA. 3. Call
SOUTHFIELD—The Engineering Society of Detroit will present a complimentary online one-hour educational session, “Can Crisis Be Averted?”, on Thursday, April 9 from 1 to 2 p.m. on the Zoom platform. Veteran engineer Thomas Doran will discuss how we can prevent rather than merely manage crises, as we are with the current coronavirus pandemic. Doran will
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University nursing students are on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even before their graduation. “We have eight nursing students working right now,” said M. Therese Jamison, director of LTU’s nursing program. They’re working as patient care technicians at Ascension hospitals in Southfield and Warren, at Trinity Health’s St. Joseph Hospital
SOUTHFIELD—The Engineering Society of Detroit will present a complimentary online one-hour educational session, “Can Crisis Be Averted?”, on Thursday, April 9 from 1 to 2 p.m. on the Zoom platform. Veteran engineer Thomas Doran will discuss how we can prevent rather than merely manage crises, as we are with the current coronavirus pandemic. Doran will
ANN ARBOR - Infectious Disease Expert Fred Brown, who helped develop a test for HIV, said the COVID-19 lock down could last until August and even could impact fall sports, events, and more. https://youtu.be/ZES6iWOFRCA
ANN ARBOR - Shannon O'Hara has cobbled together 500 tailors in metro New York to sew washable hospital gowns to protect healthcare professionals from COVID-19. She's looking to connect with tailors nationwide to join her brigade. She's also looking for tailors to join her brigade in Michigan. https://youtu.be/9gvCOD7GmbU
