SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — in a vaccinated traveler who returned to California after a trip to South Africa — as scientists around the world race to establish whether the new, mutant version of the coronavirus is more ...

State figures Wednesday showed another death blamed on COVID-19 in both Dickinson and Iron counties, along with 55 and 24 new confirmed positives, respectively, in the past two days. Across the border, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 website indicated 73 new confirmed virus cases in Marinette County ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration said Tuesday it wants lawmakers to quickly allocate $300 million in federal pandemic rescue funding to support COVID-19 testing at schools amid a fourth surge of infections in Michigan. The money was included in the relief law ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched COVID-19 pill from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to treat the coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s number of hospitalized adults with confirmed COVID-19 cases reached a new pandemic high Monday, nearing 4,200 as the state continued to confront surging infections. The total of 4,185 cases surpassed the previous record of 4,158, which was set seven months ...

State data Monday listed another death linked to COVID-19 in Iron County as well as 20 new confirmed virus positives, while Dickinson County had 34 new cases in the past five days. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday indicated 428 new ...