Dr. Paul Thomas is back to talk Coronavirus and gives more details on the Big Tens’s testing plans and why he has reservations; plus more on Michigan’s statewide situation with COVID-19. Next, the North American International Auto Show has...
Happy Hump Day. Today, Jer speaks with Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health Direct Primary Care all about Michigan State University’s announcement that it’s going 100% virtual instruction this fall and encouraging students to stay home and not...
Welcome to the holiday weekend, everybody. This is certainly a strange one, with coronavirus numbers once again on the upswing in Michigan and across much of the country, adding a complicated wrinkle to what is normally one of the busiest travel...
Friend of the Daily Detroit podcast Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health joins Jer on today’s show to talk all about the health and medical risks of tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets, which it turns out mostly aren’t made of rubber...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday issued a stay-at-home order to all Michigan residents, ordering non-essential businesses and work places closed and outlawing all public or private gatherings between people who aren’t part of the same household...
Whether you’re a seasoned bike commuter, want to support the city’s efforts to encourage more bicycling or are merely curious, take note: Detroit will celebrate Bike to Work Day this Friday, May 17 with three morning gathering spots, free...
On the Daily Detroit podcast: – The rollout of Detroit’s new ConnecTen bus program has hit some bumps in the road. Signage held up with masking tape, confused riders, and the state of the State Fair Transit Center signage was a mess. After...
The Detroit Greenways Coalition will hold a group bike ride Sunday to create awareness and raise money to build a 26-mile rail-to-trail greenway loop in the city. The Joe Louis Greenway is a proposed pedestrian loop through Detroit, Hamtramck and...
The Detroit Medical Center and the Wayne State University Physician Group have signed a six-month extension contract to keep clinical and administrative services going. The two sides announced last week that they were cutting ties effective May 15...
Here’s an interesting topic to try to describe with data. Can you quantify sinfulness? Well, someone tried. According to some data shared by Wallethub.com, Detroit is America’s 7th most sinful city. Wallethub tried to quantify (one can...
The gridlock in Washington D.C. around the topic of healthcare is having real world implications. Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan announced today that they’re withdrawing from the Health Insurance Marketplace, often referred to as Obamacare...
One of the must-do movies to see for any Detroiter – or Detroiter at heart – is to watch the movie “Standing in the Shadows of Motown.” If you’ve watched that 2002 documentary, you’ll know it wasn’t just the...
Having epilepsy or a brain tumor is scary enough but that fear is compounded when patients face the possibility of speech and language deficits after corrective surgery. Now they can rest a little easier thanks to the work of a DMC Children’s...
The Flint water crisis is perfect fodder for the Daily Show as this story just keeps getting weirder and weirder – and unfortunately, sadder and sadder. Daily Show host Trevor Noah in a three minute segment we embedded below (linked here in...
It was an unseasonably warm fall day today. And in the name of new experiences, I willingly hopped into what would become a minus 264 degree Fahrenheit chamber. It’s called Cryotherapy. Strange as it may sound, the practice has actually been...