COVID-19

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The public health department in Ottawa County in Michigan is facing deep cuts to its funding.

Health officials said that most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine and doses might already be available at your local pharmacy.

Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon.

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another “tripledemic."

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

President Joe Biden turned up in a mask for the first time in months on Tuesday, a day after his wife tested positive for COVID-19.

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against the use of a drug that is not approved to treat COVID-19.

John McEnroe has COVID-19 and is missing time as ESPN’s lead tennis analyst for its U.S. Open television coverage.

A newer COVID-19 variant that has only been identified in a few countries has made its way to the U.S., and at least one of the few cases was recorded in Michigan.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before.

The bugs are biting and stinging, sending many people to the doctor this week. Several infectious illnesses are also popping up in more significant numbers.

COVID-19 has taken a toll on the nation's heart health but how profound is only starting to emerge.

Dan Nowacki needs around-the-clock care after suffering two strokes, one happening days after he was administered doses of remdesivir for COVID-19 at St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital in Nov. 2021, according to his attorneys.

COVID-19 hospital admissions are inching upward in the United States since early July.

The National Institutes of Health is starting some studies to test possible treatments for long COVID.

A U.K. court has rejected the British government’s request to keep former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries from being made public at an official COVID-19 inquiry.

China says 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures.

A new U.S. intelligence report rejects several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab.

Ashish Jha, the White House’s point person on the COVID-19 response, will depart from the administration next week.

The British government is facing a Thursday deadline to hand over a sheaf of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal messages to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic inquiry.

Boris Johnson established an independent inquiry while he was U.K. prime minister into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A U.S. study suggests 1 in 10 people are getting long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia.

Here's what will change for U-M students, faculty and staff moving forward as the school adjusts its pandemic response.

Michigan officials are providing more information for residents as the national public health emergency ends and pandemic-era emergency programs expire.

A former Kansas lawmaker who was convicted of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief is trying to avoid spending any time in prison.

Pandemic-era rules on COVID-19 testing for White House journalists are being loosened as the public health emergency declaration expires Thursday.

Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are demanding that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in tuberculosis fueled by the impact of COVID-19 and conflicts including Ukraine and Sudan.

The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency but the coronavirus is here to stay.

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the No. 4 cause.

Mexican officials are crowing about the country finally developing its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., Europe and China were rolled out.

Michigan reported 2,630 new cases of COVID-19 and 62 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 376 cases per day.

Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled a hospital couldn't be forced to give a deworming drug to a patient with COVID-19, saying a county judge did not cite a legal basis for ordering the facility to administer ivermectin.

The first years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a huge decline in high school students having sex.

Michigan reported 3,867 new cases of COVID-19 and 54 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 552 cases per day.

Most major health systems in Michigan are switching to optional masking protocols, more than three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michigan Medicine no longer requires masks in public areas.

Michigan reported 4,646 new cases of COVID-19 and 90 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 664 cases per day.

Chinese health officials have defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic and other information earlier.

Several streets on U-M's campus will be closed Saturday for the annual Hash Bash and Monroe Street Fair.

Michigan reported 6,562 new cases of COVID-19 and 89 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 937 cases per day.

A federal appeals court has blocked President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.

President Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic.

The mystery to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic now has some new clues.

New data suggests U.S. deaths of pregnant women dropped significantly in 2022.

Michigan reported 7,438 new cases of COVID-19 and 73 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 1,063 cases per day.

China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year halt during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The House has voted unanimously to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19.

It’s been three years since the World Health Organization's first called COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

A brand new look at the stunningly low number of staff members vaccinated against COVID-19 inside Michigan’s nursing homes. Numbers indicate that six out of 10 nursing homes have under-vaccinated staff caring for our most vulnerable loved ones.

Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members have filed a lawsuit against the company.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Online speculation about the origins of COVID-19 is soaring after a new report from the Energy Department concluding the coronavirus that caused the disease leaked from a China lab.

Did the coronavirus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab.

Nurses of all levels can attend a career fair in March at Michigan Medicine.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

U-M officials announced a revised COVID-19 vaccination policy on Monday.

Michigan reported 6,547 new cases of COVID-19 and 89 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 935 cases per day.

A federal mandate for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been in place nationally for a year.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November.

Michigan reported 6,888 new cases of COVID-19 and 59 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 984 cases per day.

In a story published February 13, 2023, about a congressional investigation into COVID-19 origins, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Rep. James Comer is from Tennessee.

Michigan has offered hospitalization data, including inpatients, critical care patients and ventilator use for COVID-19 since April 12, 2020.

Michigan reported 5,799 new cases of COVID-19 and 119 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 828 cases per day.

California won’t make children get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools.

All COVID-19 vaccines will be free at the February EMU clinics.

The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests.

Michigan reported 6,027 new cases of COVID-19 and 245 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 861 cases per day.

President Joe Biden has informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

The World Health Organization chief says the coronavirus remains a global health emergency.

Russia’s embassy in North Korea says the country has eased stringent epidemic controls in capital Pyongyang that were placed during the past five days to slow the spread of respiratory illnesses.

Washtenaw County is now at a "low" COVID transmission level, according to the CDC.

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot.

Michigan reported 6,530 new cases of COVID-19 and 260 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 933 cases per day.

The Ann Arbor Folk Festival will take place in person for the first time in two years.

Washtenaw County Health Department officials recommend residents continue as if the county is still in a "medium" level.

Here’s our weekly round up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Hong Kong's leader says the city will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return to normalcy.

Three people are sentenced to prison for the rest of their lives for the shooting death of a Family Dollar security guard.

An infection specialist with Henry Ford Health held a live news briefing Wednesday morning to discuss the latest COVID-19 variant and what families should know about it.

Michigan reported 9,687 new cases of COVID-19 and 184 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 1,384 cases per day.

While it may feel like much of life has returned to normal compared to the height of COVID, the CDC says between two to 4,000 Americans are still dying from the disease each week. Most of those are seniors who fall into other high-risk groups.

China has reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic.

The Pentagon has formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops who are not vaccinated.

Michigan reported 9,814 new cases of COVID-19 and 165 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 1,402 cases per day.

China will not include Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price, saying it was too expensive.

Masks will be mandatory inside all AAPS school buildings Jan. 9-20, district officials said.

AAPS is recommending all students, teachers and staff wear face masks for two weeks following winter break.

As COVID-19 surges in China, the U.S. is expanding its traveler surveillance program, an early warning system for detecting new variants.

Misinformation about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines has flared up once again, this time following the on-field collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during a game Monday.

Wearing face masks around others still proves to be one of the most effective ways to avoid getting sick, say researchers at U-M.

Michigan reported 9,793 new cases of COVID-19 and 69 virus-related deaths over the past week, an average of about 1,399 cases per day. Data trends are likely lower due to the holiday.