State data Wednesday showed Dickinson County had two more deaths blamed on COVID-19 but only eight new confirmed cases of the virus in the past two days. Iron County also had only eight confirmed COVID-19 positives since Monday, according to figures on the Michigan Department of Health and ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System officials said Wednesday they plan to end their campus mask mandates by spring break. UW System President Tommy Thompson announced that widespread vaccinations and waning case numbers on system campuses and across the state justify the move. Thompson said vaccines and tests will still be available on campus and students and employees can still opt to wear masks if they wish. System officials say they plan to withdraw mandates as soon as March 1. They plan to be finished ending them no later than spring break. University of ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday approved spending $1.2 billion in federal aid to fight COVID-19, including for understaffed health care providers to recruit and retain workers with bonuses. The new law allots $300 million for hospitals and nursing homes to award the financial incentives as they see fit, $150 million to continue testing and screening in schools, and $367 million to speed processing at labs. "This bill is a testament to what's possible when Republicans and Democrats work together to put Michiganders first," the Democratic governor said in a ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a package of bills Tuesday that push back against COVID-19 vaccine requirements and aim to shield workers who do not want to protect themselves from the virus by being inoculated. Senators approved the bills in the wake of protests in Canada over vaccine requirements. Those protests blocked the busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing. Wisconsin has no statewide vaccine or mask mandates. There have been moves in other states and cities to require vaccinations for workers. All four of the Wisconsin bills are almost ...
State data Monday showed Iron County had two more deaths blamed on COVID-19 but only eight new confirmed cases of the virus in the past three days. Dickinson County added 18 confirmed COVID-19 positives since Friday, according to figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ...
State data Friday showed Dickinson County added 21 confirmed COVID-19 positives and Iron County only nine new cases in the past two days, continuing the slowdown in coronavirus activity in both counties. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website ...
