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Advances in public health around the world are grounded in four areas: fluoridation, immunization, water purification and pasteurization. In the 1930s, the U.S. Public Health Service determined tooth decay “an urgent public health problem.” As part of NPR’s series on historical markers, Off the Mark, WGVU revisits Grand Rapids’ fluoride story with two dentists who lived it.

The Michigan Senate voted today to scrap the state’s A-through-F system for grading school performance

Schools have been closed to increase social distancing. But now that kids are home, what rules apply to them?Most kids want to play with their…