Health care workers in about half the states face a Thursday deadline to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under a Biden administration mandate that will be rolled out across the rest of the country in the coming weeks. While the requirement is welcomed by some, others fear it ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Deaths exceeded births in Michigan in 2020, a rare result influenced by COVID-19, statistics show. “We can blame a lot of deaths on COVID,” demographer Kurt Metzger told the Detroit Free Press, “but the fact is the trend of increasing deaths and decreasing births ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant. Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster ...

State data Monday showed Dickinson County had 83 more confirmed COVID-19 positives in the past three days and Iron County 39 new cases. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday indicated 1,022 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A sixth Michigan hospital will receive staffing assistance from a federal medical team to help treat COVID-19 patients during the latest surge, state health officials said Monday. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, where 100% of beds were occupied as of Monday, will be ...

State data Friday showed 98 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and 60 in Iron County since Wednesday, as the Upper Peninsula added 1,211 new cases for the two-day period. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday indicated 358 ...