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Covid-19

Florence offers pediatric vaccine

FLORENCE, Wis. — Florence County Health Department is offering a Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Florence Elementary School on Tuesday. Parents/guardians are asked to complete the consent form sent in the child’s “Friday folder” and return it no later than Monday for the ...

State lists 24 new virus cases in Iron, 20 in Dickinson

State data Monday showed 24 new COVID-19 positives in Iron County and 20 in Dickinson County in the past three days. Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday indicated 312 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Friday: ...

US opens COVID-19 boosters to all adults

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday opened COVID-19 booster shots to all adults and took the extra step of urging people 50 and older to seek one, aiming to ward off a winter surge as coronavirus cases rise even before millions of Americans travel for the holidays. Until now, Americans ...

Michigan urges masks indoors, vaccines as virus surges

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Faced with spiking COVID-19 infections, Michigan health officials issued a public health advisory Friday recommending that everyone over age 2 wear a mask at indoor public settings regardless of their vaccination status. The guidance also says public-facing businesses ...

DIDHD lists 87 new virus positives in Dickinson, 48 in Iron

Dickinson County in the past week recorded 87 new confirmed COVID-19 positives, while Iron County added 48 cases, local data showed Friday. Dickinson County also has had 76 probable coronavirus cases since Nov. 12 and Iron County 23 probables, according to the Dickinson-Iron District Health ...

Virus surge worsens; states expand boosters

A surge in cases in the Upper Midwest has some Michigan schools keeping students at home ahead of Thanksgiving and the military sending medical teams to Minnesota to relieve hospital staffs overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. The worsening outlook in the Midwest comes as booster shots are being ...