Grand Rapids Business Journal

HealthBar partnered with Aditx Therapeutics to offer AditxtScore for COVID-19 throughout Michigan.

Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health will expand its network relationship with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan by joining the Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO network beginning July 1.

LANSING — After leading the nation’s COVID-19 daily case rate for weeks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday that Michigan could be seeing a drop in infections.

For the third consecutive year, the city of Kentwood will be partnering with Hanger Clinic, a local prosthetic and orthotic patient care provider, to host the Limb Loss Awareness 5K event.

Perrigo broke ground on its new North American headquarters in downtown Grand Rapids on Wednesday.

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration on Tuesday extended workplace coronavirus restrictions for an additional six months, including a requirement that Michigan employers prohibit office work if employees' jobs can feasibly be done remotely.

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services filed an appeal with the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules in response to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ proposal denying the behavioral health care provider’s 2020 Certificate of Need application for 60 inpatient psychiatric beds.

NxGen MDx of Grand Rapids announced a partnership with Boston-based Concentric by Ginkgo to provide COVID-19 testing to congregate settings like schools operating in-person or hybrid learning environments using a scalable and simple testing modality — pooled testing.

DETROIT — The city of Detroit has suspended the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by the city's health department until further notice.

Lambert & Co. welcomed Angela Klinske to serve as the senior director and leader of the firm’s health care and biotech practice.

DETROIT — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed Sunday to keep pushing the White House for more vaccines as Michigan sees a COVID-19 spike.

LANSING — Faced with the country’s highest rate of new coronavirus infections, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday urged a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining.

Holland Community Aquatic Center officials have invited Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital clinicians to share their expertise with local residents.

DETROIT — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration is focusing on getting more people vaccinated, not imposing new restrictions on the economy, despite a wave of COVID-19 cases and crowded hospitals, Michigan’s health director said Wednesday.

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.

Spectrum Health and Medtronic plc entered an agreement with the goal of improving outcomes for Spectrum Health patients while reducing the cost of care.

Hope Network announced it is adding a medical detox program to the range of services offered by its center for recovery.

A full year after being separated from their loved ones by COVID-19 and the state’s stay-at-home orders, Samaritas’ senior residents once again are able to see friends and family in-person, and it’s been a long time coming for both residents and staff members.

West Michigan’s medical professionals agree, despite warnings of more COVID-19 cases, the vaccines are working and are necessary to help the region and the country come out of the pandemic.

COVID-19 vaccines are a welcome sight as people across the country are flocking to get their shots.

One year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health disparities among Michiganders are even more apparent.

Sanford House Addiction Treatment Centers took the next step in expanding treatment services in West Michigan by partnering with Gail Hall and her team at Comprehensive Treatment for Eating Disorders.

LANSING — A high school sports advocacy group and some parents sued Michigan on Thursday, seeking to stop a new requirement that all teen athletes be regularly tested for the coronavirus.

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked the White House on Tuesday if it would consider sending additional COVID-19 vaccines to states, including Michigan, that face surging coronavirus cases.

The annual Nana’s Run will return to downtown Grand Rapids on May 1.