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Covid-19

Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID aid agreement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate bargainers reached agreement Monday on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines and other steps, the top Democratic and Republican negotiators said, but ended up dropping all funding to help nations abroad combat the ...

Three new COVID cases, another death in Iron County

Local data showed three new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County, along with another death blamed on the virus, while Dickinson County had only one new case in a week’s time. Dickinson County also had eight people reclassified this week as recovered from the virus since the last ...

Hospitalizations for virus plunge

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have plunged to their lowest levels since the early days of the pandemic, offering a much needed break to health care workers and patients alike following the omicron surge. The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has ...

State lists only one new virus case in area in 2 days

State data Wednesday showed only one new confirmed COVID-19 positive in Dickinson County and no cases added in Iron County since Monday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday had 39 new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula since Monday: nine ...

US opens second boosters to 50 and up, others at risk

Americans 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last vaccination, a chance at extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer ...

Virus data will now be weekly

The state plans to begin reporting Michigan’s COVID-19 data once per week as the numbers of cases and deaths decline. Michigan’s online COVID-19 dashboard will be updated only on Wednesdays, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Currently, data is posted on Mondays, ...