Michigan Chapter AAP
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MIAAP is the leading voice on behalf of children in Michigan. We are 1,400+ pediatricians and partners working towards health and well-being for ALL children.
Lansing, MI
Joined March 2017
MIAAP Member Dr. Benjamin Tift spoke with Fox 17 about the uptick in Hand, Foot and Mouth.
fox17online.com
With students back in classrooms, health providers are seeing more viral illnesses spread indoors. A West Michigan pediatrician says hand, foot and mouth disease is making the rounds.
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📅 Join us Sept 19–21 in Traverse City for the MIAAP Annual Conference!.✨ Half-day format.✨ Expert speakers.✨ Networking + CME credits.Don’t miss timely pediatric updates + time to recharge. Register today 👉 #MIAAP2025 #Pediatrics #CME
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MIAAP President Dr. Joe Fakhoury wrote an impactful opinion piece regarding vaccines. His opinion piece has been featured in the Detroit News.
detroitnews.com
We recommend vaccines because they work. Because they prevent suffering. Because they have saved millions of lives.
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📢 Happening TONIGHT at 7p!.Join our MIAAP Vaccine Advocacy Week webinar with Dr. Jon Gold 💬 He’ll share tips on vaccine advocacy + how to effectively connect with your legislators. 👉 Don’t miss it — register now!. #MIAAP #VaccinesWork #Advocacy #MIAAPVaccines
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It’s MIAAP Vaccine Advocacy Week! 🚨.Dr. Joe Fakhoury kicks things off!.🤝 Partnerships with parent-led orgs make a big impact!.Check out @frannystrong @alanasfoundation @foreveremilyfdn 💪.Got a fave coalition/foundation? Drop it below!. #Vaccineswork
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The AAP has launched a campaign to promote facts about immunizations and science in an effort to combat the spread of misinformation by anti-vaccine activists and increase national immunization rates.
publications.aap.org
The campaign utilizes AAP experts, social media, video, news media interviews and more to reinforce the value and safety of immunizations.
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MIAAP Board Member and E-Cigarette Champion Dr. Brittany Taylor spoke with Mid-Michigan Now about possible Federal Kratom Regulations.
midmichigannow.com
LANSING, Mich. — The federal government is moving to classify a by-product of kratom, associated with a tropical plant from Southeast Asia, as an illicit drug d
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Former University of Michigan football star Charles Woodson, a longtime hospital supporter, joined the festivities. He signed autographs, snapped photos and played video games with patients in the upgraded “lounge zone,” featuring a 75-inch television.
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🎉 Join us for the MIAAP 75th Annual Conference in Traverse City!.📅 9/19 - 9/21 | ⛵ Half-day format.🧠 13 AOA 1-A & 13 AMA PRA Cat 1 credits.🏥 Premier Sponsor: @MottChildren. 🔗 Register: #MIAAP75 #Pediatrics #CME #TraverseCity
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The report, from the Committee on Bioethics, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Committee on Fetus and Newborn, is available at and will be published in the August issue of Pediatrics.
publications.aap.org
Exclusive comfort care is a morally acceptable choice, but therapies that may prolong life or help a child with T13/T18 be discharged home should not be withheld unilaterally.
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An updated AAP policy statement from the Committee on Pediatric and Adolescent HIV describes barriers for different age groups and offers solutions to support patients and their caregivers facing these challenges.
publications.aap.org
The updated policy statement outlines barriers to optimal antiretroviral therapy for different age groups and offers solutions to support patients and their caregivers facing these challenges.
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🎉 Join us for the MIAAP 75th Annual Conference in Traverse City!.📅 9/19-9/21 | ⛵ Half-day format.🧠 13 AOA 1-A & 13 AMA PRA Cat 1 credits.🏥 Premier Sponsor: @MottChildren. 🔗 Register: #MIAAP75 #Pediatrics #CME #TraverseCity
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🚨 2 new measles cases confirmed in Kent County. Pediatricians: MIAAP’s Measles Resource Page has what you need —.🔍 ID guidance.📈 CDC & MDHHS outbreak updates.👨👩👧👦 Parent handouts. 📲 Access it here:
detroitnews.com
The new cases add to a number that was already the highest in Michigan in years.
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Join us for Fostering Healthy Digital Habits — a roundtable with pediatricians, parents & law enforcement. 💬 Digital use in checkups.🧠 Healthy online habits.🚓 OK2SAY program. #TeenMentalHealth #Pediatrics #OK2SAY #DigitalWellness #MIAAP
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According to media reports and an announcement from Juul, the FDA approved use of the company’s e-cigarette devices and refill cartridges. The cartridges come in tobacco and menthol flavors and in concentrations of 5% and 3%.
publications.aap.org
An AAP tobacco prevention leader is expressing disappointment with an FDA ruling that authorizes the sale of Juul Labs’ e-cigarettes and refill cartridges, saying the high concentration of nicotine...
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MIAAP members Dr. Ali Bazzi and Dr. Stuart Bradin spoke with Click on Detroit about what's currently going around, including hand foot and mouth, croup, and infected bug bites.
clickondetroit.com
Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.
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MIAAP Board Member and E-Cigarette Champion Dr. Brittany Tayler spoke with WILX about the rise of nicotine poisoning in children.
wilx.com
Nicotine poisoning is on the rise across the US. One Michigan doctor shares what parents need to know.
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"Medicaid cuts in the recent federal budget could have a large impact on northern Michigan healthcare providers and the 200,000 people in the area who receive Medicaid benefits.".
interlochenpublicradio.org
Munson Healthcare officials say almost two thirds of their payments come from Medicaid.
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🎉 Join us for the MIAAP 75th Annual Conference in Traverse City!.📅 9/19-9/21 | ⛵ Half-day format.🧠 13 AOA 1-A & 13 AMA PRA Cat 1 credits.🏥 Premier Sponsor: @MottChildren. 🔗 Register: #Pediatrics #CME #TraverseCity.
miaap.org
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As smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets northern Michigan, concerns are mounting over potential long-term health effects.
upnorthlive.com
MACKINAC COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) - - As smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets northern Michigan, concerns are mounting over potential long-term health effec
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