WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited milestone comes as U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all rising and ...

Local data Wednesday showed Dickinson County in the past six days added 44 new confirmed COVID-19 positives, while Iron County had 18 more cases. Dickinson County also has had 29 probable coronavirus positives since its last report Dec. 16, according to the Dickinson-Iron District Health ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she still supports President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, clarifying comments she made earlier this month in which she expressed concerns about it. After a federal appeals court overruled a decision last ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts. At the White House on ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 20-member team from the U.S. Navy is headed to Green Bay’s Bellin Hospital to help the overwhelmed facility treat patients with COVID-19. The Federal Emergency Management Agency dispatched the team to assist, Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday. Wisconsin hospitals ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — People who haven’t been vaccinated for COVID-19 are taking up too many beds at Michigan’s strained hospitals, as the state prepares for the rapid spread of omicron variant, the governor said Tuesday. The omicron variant is already the dominant strain in the U.S. ...