The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is but scientists don’t yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces exploding cases just before Christmas. “Everything is riskier now because omicron is so ...

State data Monday showed a dozen new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County in the past three days while Iron County had only seven more cases. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday indicated 145 new confirmed COVID-19 positives ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials and Gov. Tony Evers on Monday urged residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and take other precautions, such as wearing masks and keeping holiday gatherings small, as the new omicron variant is expected to create a surge in cases over the ...

State data Friday showed 16 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County in the past two days while Iron County had only six more cases. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday indicated 201 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the ...

A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead, reversing a previous decision on a requirement that could affect some 84 million U.S workers. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

LANSING, Mich (AP) — The University of Michigan and Michigan State University will require all students, faculty and staff to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccination for the next semester in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. The two universities, with the two largest student ...