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Each year, October brings breast cancer front and center. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it provides opportunities to promote screenings and the warning signs of this life-threatening disease. In addition, the Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW) and the Northern Michigan Public Health Alliance recognize Oct. 13 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day and Oct. 17-23 as Men's Breast Cancer Awareness Week.
Northern Michigan Public Health Alliance (NMPHA) and Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW) are promoting September as National Food Safety Education Month. The specified month provides opportunities to learn more about how to safely handle food and prevent foodborne illnesses-and to understand what practices promote food safety and decrease the risk of foodborne illness and food waste.
Comments from nine Community Listening Sessions are being finalized into a report which will be presented to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW) Board of Health at the 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 monthly meeting at the Shirley Roloff Center in Charlevoix. Dr. Kari Krantz, a third-party expert who designed and hosted the sessions, has documented the results and will make the presentation.
