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Henry Ford Health is issuing a warning to its hospitals are they see an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

EMU will welcome walk-ins at its final community vaccine clinic of the semester this weekend.

The mayor of Detroit reports that he has contracted COVID-19 after avoiding the virus that repeatedly hit the city in significant surges over the last two years.

Our Dr. Frank McGeorge, MD, has been answering questions about COVID-19, the vaccines and masks since this pandemic started.

Here is the CDC’s most recent update to COVID-19 booster shot eligibility -- as of Dec. 28, 2021.

Cruise lines are in a crisis right now as almost every major ship at sea has reported COVID cases onboard. Some major cruise lines have cut trips short due to COVID-related issues.

The clinic will be held in Ballroom A of the EMU Student Center between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cahoots will be offering a walk-in COVID vaccine clinic on Thursday.

Members of the U-M community can get their booster shots, COVID testing on campus throughout the month of January.

U-M students will return to in-person instruction on Wednesday.

The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to expand eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots to children ages 12 to 15 in the coming days, NBC News reports.

Students and staff on campus at Central Michigan University (CMU) will be required to get their COVID-19 booster shot by mid-January, the school reported Wednesday.

Omicron variant detected in school community.

Corner Health Center will be administering both COVID and flu vaccines on Wednesday.

U-M officials issue guidance to school community ahead of holiday travel.

The CDC expanded its booster recommendation to include teens ages 16 and 17 on Thursday.

Michigan Medicine officials issue plea to the public to get vaccinated as beds fill up.

The boosters will be available at October drive-through clinics and ongoing walk-in clinics by the Washtenaw County Health Department.

Michiganders who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose are urged to do so now.

Michiganders who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose from Johnson & Johnson or Moderna are urged to do so now.

Millions more Americans are now eligible for COVID-19 boosters, and they can get a different vaccine than their first shots.

Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce this week people will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot with a vaccine from a different manufacturer than their original doses, according to reports in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine advisory panel is set to meet Thursday and Friday, Oct. 14-15, over Moderna and Johnson & Johnson booster shots.

The Food and Drug Administration is wrestling with how to decide on booster doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

The Washtenaw County Health Department is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine clinics to include a drive-thru in its parking lot.

The Oakland County Health Division said it will launch its first clinics to administer the booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Sept. 29 in Southfield, with more clinics throughout the week in other locations.

The Washtenaw County Health Department will begin administering Pfizer booster shots on Tuesday.

Health officials are still stressing that more needs to be done to end the pandemic.

The U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 stood on the verge of a major new phase as government advisers Thursday recommended booster doses of Pfizer’s vaccine for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans — despite doubts the extra shots will do much to slow the pandemic.

Watch live coverage as President Joe Biden delivers remarks Thursday evening on the COVID-19 delta variant and boosting vaccinations.

The White House announced Friday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, medical advisor to President Joe Biden, said he expects Americans who received the one-dose J&J vaccine against COVID-19 also will be recommended for a booster shot.

Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday announced Detroit’s plan for administering a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to vulnerable populations as virus spread once again increases across the region.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says an additional COVID-19 booster shot will be recommended for previously vaccinated people with weakened immune systems.