COVID TESTING

The FDA is encouraging people to test themselves for COVID multiple times after getting a negative result.

Washtenaw County has once again been downgraded to a “low” community COVID-19 level on Friday, according to the Washtenaw County Health Department.

Washtenaw County has moved to the lowest risk of community spread of COVID-19, according to CDC.

U-M's COVID-19 Campus Health Response Committee has shared its updated guidance for the fall term.

University of Michigan spinoff LynxDx is trying to change the prostate cancer screening landscape.

Michigan and the city of Detroit are partnering up to expand services to residents with COVID -19.

With new case numbers only being reported once a week, as well as the growth in at-home testing that usually goes unreported.

Located in Ypsilanti, Brighton and Monroe, the sites offer no-cost saliva-based PCR tests between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day.

As thousands of Metro Detroit residents continue to get tested for COVID, there’s renewed concern over insurance companies attempting to bill patients for tests that are supposed to be free.

Between 9 a.m. and noon, the National Guard will be at Pioneer High School helping to test AAPS community members who register for the event.

On Friday, Washtenaw County Health Department officials urged community members to use available strategies to prevent cases of severe illness and reduce transmission.

Michigan is partnering with 18 libraries to test a pilot program that offers free at-home COVID tests to residents.

It can be difficult to find a COVID test near you but doctors say getting tested could potentially save lives.

The St. Clair County Health Department is suspending walk-in rapid COVID testing due to “temporary limitations in antigen testing supplies and high demand.”

Between Thursday and Friday, Washtenaw County reported 1,403 COVID-19 cases—the largest number the county has seen within 24 hours since the beginning of the ongoing pandemic.

Michigan Medicine is experiencing staff shortages due to the latest COVID surge.

To keep up with demand and surging COVID-19 cases in Michigan, Oakland County is ramping up its testing efforts starting next week.

Symptomatic individuals are invited to get tested for free on Saturday in Ypsilanti.

Students, faculty and staff at EMU can access free COVID testing on campus with quick results.

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

While most Metro Detroit students have already returned from Winter break, Wednesday marks the first day back for Warren Consolidated schools.

LynxDx opens a new location as cases driven by the omicron variant rise in area, state.

The University of Michigan Athletic Department shares more details about its updated spectator policy as regional COVID cases surge.

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

Cases of influenza have increased on campus while COVID was on the decline over the past week, U-M officials said.

The Health Department is offering free, rapid COVID testing on Thursday outside its Ypsilanti offices.

United Way of Washtenaw County has named Washtenaw County Health Department Health Officer Jimena Loveluck as its 2022 Woman of the Year.

U-M Health patients can now access their COVID-19 vaccine and testing information on their smartphones.

U-M officials share weekly campus COVID update.

U-M will soon take action against employees who fail to comply with its vaccine mandate.

Protest group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) announced that it plans to sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration and Detroit Public Schools Community District, demanding the state to implement vaccine requirements in schools.

The Washtenaw County Health Department will offer rapid antigen COVID tests at its vaccination clinic the next two Saturdays.

COVID cases among students and staff on U-M's Ann Arbor campus remain low and stable, reported school officials.

University of Michigan continues to report a decrease in COVID cases among students.

President Joe Biden’s administration is making a push to get the coronavirus pandemic under control by improving vaccination levels and by creating a new provision to make at home COVID testing more accessible.

U-M officials report

Starting Monday, unvaccinated students who attend at least one class with an on-campus component must undergo weekly COVID testing.

All student athletes must be fully vaccinated by Aug. 1, says U-M.

The directors of the three fairs that comprise Ann Arbor Art Fair announced the event is on for July.

Lab technicians are often an unseen force in the fight against COVID-19.

U-M's President Mark Schlissel said individuals walking outdoors on campus can go mask-free.

Register to get tested at Huron High School's drive-thru on Saturday.

Michigan Medicine's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital surveyed 1,630 parents with children ages 6-18 for the poll.

Ann Arbor Public Schools will be hosting a free COVID testing site at Pioneer High School this weekend.

More than 700 students have been locked out of school buildings in a second wave of restrictions for failing to get tested for COVID-19.

Ann Arbor-based COVID testing lab, LynxDx, has opened new testing sites across Michigan.

There’s another issue popping up involving school sports -- this one involves the testing of student athletes.

Health officials have been sounding the alarm about Spring Break for weeks now and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she’s particularly concerned about traveling to Florida.

Two weeks ago, the Michigan Health and Human Services issued an emergency order requiring student-athletes in contact sports to be tested regularly for COVID.

University of Michigan asks students to test for COVID-19 before going home for holidaysANN ARBOR – Cases of COVID-19 are trending upward again at the University of Michigan. In an update on Tuesday, U-M officials reported a “noticeable uptick in COVID-19 cases among U-M affiliates, including undergraduate students, graduate students and non-students.”School officials noted that the trend is in line with a general increase of cases in Washtenaw County. Students at the university now account for 15% of the total cases in the county. The number of positive cases more than doubled last week with 157 positive tests compared to 60 the week prior. A total of 26 students are currently in isolation to prevent the spread of COVID, compared to March 24 when 8 students were in quarantine.