Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Rule Changes

Publishes the initial list of approved suppliers

Any U.S. scientist who takes federal money and orders synthetic DNA will soon have to buy it from a supplier the government has vetted. The National Policy for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening, released on 5 November, ends a voluntary system that has governed the industry since 2010.

Updated 2 days ago

Rule Changes

Source of the birth and death records behind the analysis

For four years, a baby born in Flint, Michigan, was about two and a half times as likely to die in the first month of life as a baby born anywhere else in the state. In January 2024, the city began paying every pregnant resident $1,500, then $500 a month for the baby's first year. In 2025, the first full year of payments, Flint's death rate in the first 28 days fell from 10.2 to 5.1 per 1,000 live births.

Updated 7 days ago

Rule Changes

Implementing the executive order while cutting about 10,000 jobs

President Trump signed an executive order on October 19 creating a Women's Health Division inside the National Institutes of Health and a White House task force on women's health. The order, published in the Federal Register on October 22 as Executive Order 14437, gives NIH 90 days, until about January 17, to establish the division.

Updated Oct 25

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Reviews HAB reports alongside EGLE

Crystal Lake Public Beach in Montcalm County is under a health advisory. Routine monitoring found an algal bloom that tested positive for microcystin, a toxin that can sicken people and kill pets. The Mid-Michigan District Health Department (MMDHD) is telling visitors to avoid areas of the lake where the bloom is visible.

Updated Sep 4