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Michigan readies for children’s vaccines

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday directed the state to ensure that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 will be quickly available if the federal government gives it the green light. Her directive came the same day an advisory committee to the U.S. ...

Health department offers COVID-19 booster doses

KINGSFORD — Dickinson-Iron District Health Department is offering Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster doses. The following populations are eligible to receive a Pfizer or Moderna booster dose: — Individuals aged 65 years and older and long-term care facility residents should receive a booster at least six months after their primary series.  — Individuals aged 50-64 years with underlying medical conditions should receive a booster at least six months after their primary series. — Individuals aged 18-49 years with underlying medical conditions ...

DCH prepares to offer pediatric vaccines

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Healthcare System is ordering pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, anticipating immunizations may be available as soon as early November, a hospital official said Monday. The hospital is working with the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department to ...

State data: New UP virus cases appear in decline

State data Monday gave some signs the COVID-19 surge in the Upper Peninsula may be leveling off, with 10 new confirmed positives in both Dickinson and Menominee counties and seven in Iron County since Friday. The total number of confirmed cases added in the U.P. on Monday for the three days ...

State: Menominee County has 22 new virus cases, Dickinson 19

State data Friday showed 22 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Menominee County, 19 in Dickinson County and seven in Iron County in the past two days. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday also listed new deaths blamed on the virus in Iron County ...

DIDHD: 64 more virus positives in Dickinson, 35 in Iron

Local health officials Thursday reported 64 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County in the past week, plus 35 cases and a new coronavirus-related death in Iron County. Dickinson County also had 48 probable cases since figures last were updated Oct. 14, while Iron County had two ...