TAMPA, Fla. — When he visited his wife that day, she was agitated and angry, more adamant than ever.
The state health department on Friday reported 33,551 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 210 more deaths related to COVID-19 since its last web update on Wednesday.
LANSING — Michigan’s health director on Thursday ordered nursing homes to offer on-site booster shots to residents who are not up to date on the COVID-19 vaccine in a state that lags others in vaccinating people in long-term care facilities.
GRAND RAPIDS — The patient population at a West Michigan children’s hospital facility is mirroring a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Michigan's pandemic total number of confirmed cases of the virus is now 1,832,716, with 28,980 deaths.
As the super-contagious omicron variant sweeps the Midwest, pushing case count graphs vertical, some people who assumed they were safe from infection after they got their vaccines are entering a new psychological stage of the pandemic: a sense that infection is unavoidable.
The American Red Cross is currently experiencing what it’s calling “the worst blood shortage in over a decade.”
By the way, the Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online.
Over the past two days, the average number of new confirmed cases in Michigan is 18,557 per day.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
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Leading state health officials say the spread of the omicron variant is likely to lead Michigan to a “very sharp crest” of COVID-19 cases.
As of Wednesday, Michigan has a pandemic total of 1,709,593 confirmed cases of the virus and 28,228 deaths related to COVID-19.
COVID-19 vaccines protect you from getting sick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says people who are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots are well-protected from serious illness and dying from the disease.
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19's alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.
LANSING — Michigan’s record high COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations could peak in late January or early February before beginning to drop, state health officials said Tuesday, while urging residents to help control the height of the crest.
The seven-day average number of new cases of the virus in Ottawa County jumped to nearly 439 on Monday, up from 347 per day reported Friday and 233 per day reported a week ago.
This started as a story about what happens after a pandemic ends.
The state health department on Friday reported 40,692 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 259 deaths related to COVID-19 since its last report on Wednesday.
Over the two days (Tuesday and Wednesday), the average number of new confirmed cases in Michigan is 13,673 per day.
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was isolating from her husband in their home Tuesday after he tested positive for COVID-19.
The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren’t climbing as fast.
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The first confirmed cases of the COVID-19 variant called omicron (B.1.1.529) have been detected in Ottawa County, the county health department announced Tuesday.
The seven-day average number of new cases of the virus in Ottawa County was 233 as of Monday.
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DETROIT — Michigan — much like the rest of the country — is taking a hit from the fast spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19.
OTTAWA COUNTY — While the face mask mandate in Ottawa County schools is lifting in January 2022, some school districts are deciding to keep face coverings around for students up to sixth grade.
PAW PAW — On a windy December morning in rural southwest Michigan, an American flag flapped at half-staff outside Paw Paw Early Elementary School. A social worker with a miniature therapy dog named Trixie offered comfort at the entry doors.
U.S. health officials are warning the public not to eat certain brands of packaged salads, which they say are linked to two small, long-running listeria outbreaks in which three people died.
Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta version.
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she still supports President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, clarifying comments she made earlier this month in which she expressed concerns about it.
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On any given year, Christmas Day in the emergency room of a small-town hospital can be fairly dull.
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LANSING — People who haven’t been vaccinated for COVID-19 are taking up too many beds at Michigan’s strained hospitals, as the state prepares for the rapid spread of omicron variant, the governor said Tuesday.
NASHVILLE — Moo-ville Creamery, the Nashville, Michigan-based dairy company with three locations across mid-Michigan, makes some of the best chocolate ice cream in the United States, according to the North American Ice Cream Association.
NEW YORK — Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73 percent of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday.
Ottawa County's seven-day average of new daily cases of COVID-19 was at about 139 as of Monday. It was at 176 per day a week ago and 330 per day two weeks ago.
North Ottawa Community Hospital will be losing a familiar face at the end of this month.
LANSING — The University of Michigan and Michigan State University will require all students, faculty and staff to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccination for the next semester in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.
Ottawa County's seven-day average of new daily cases of COVID-19 was at about 157 as of Friday. It was at 195 per day a week ago.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic and around the world continue to monitor the omicron variant and study how it behaves.
The omicron variant is quickly gaining ground in the U.S., health officials warned Wednesday, as two more confirmed cases of the coronavirus strain were identified in Michigan.
Ottawa County's seven-day average of new daily cases of COVID-19 was at 176 as of Wednesday. It was at about 270 per day a week ago.
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As the days of the Ottawa County Department of Public Health’s (OCDPH) mask mandate count down, local schools have made announcements on their requirements for students when they return to school in 2022.
Craig Hoffman’s 2-year-old son, Roky, came down with a cold a week before Thanksgiving after coming back from school. As a family, the Hoffman’s have been pretty careful, yet Roky’s cold quickly spread to the whole family.
The daily case count reported Monday in Michigan is down from the previous three reports.
Michigan's pandemic total number of confirmed cases is now 1,380,324, with 25,080 deaths related to COVID-19.
LANSING (AP) — Michigan's first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has been identified in a Kent County resident, the state Department of Health and Human Services and Kent County Health Department said Thursday.
An Ottawa County judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to nullify the county’s mask mandate for pre-K-through-sixth-grade educational settings. The mandate is set to expire Jan. 2.
The reports from COVID-19 patients are disconcerting. Only a few hours before, they were enjoying a cup of pungent coffee or the fragrance of flowers in a garden. Then, as if a switch had been flipped, those smells disappeared.
Michigan has had about 7,692 new cases per day over the two-day period, Tuesday and Wednesday, up from the 5,530 cases per day reported for Dec. 4-6 and down from the 9,221 average for Dec. 2-3.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Even as the U.S. closes in on a milestone of 200 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, cases and hospitalizations are spiking again, including in highly inoculated corners of the country like New England.
HOLLAND — The Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH) is encouraging all residents to receive their annual influenza (flu) vaccine in recognition of National Influenza Vaccination Week, being observed Dec. 5-11.
DETROIT — As Michigan broke another pandemic record Monday – this time for confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations – a critical care doctor called on the state and federal governments to “bring to bear all resources” to help the hospitals ride out the worst-yet surge and for health care workers …
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