State data Friday showed 282 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Wednesday, including 48 cases in Dickinson County and 30 in Menominee County. For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday also listed 67 new ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots across the board, and instead endorsed the extra vaccine dose only for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe ...
KINGSFORD — Health officials Thursday issued an indoor mask order for all students in kindergarten through sixth grade at all educational facilities in Dickinson and Iron counties, effective Monday. The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department order also requires anyone “providing service to any child in kindergarten through grade six properly and consistently wear a face mask while inside any enclosed building or structure of the institution,” regardless of vaccination status. The mask order will remain in effect until six weeks past the date the COVID-19 vaccine is ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A coalition of parent groups on Wednesday urged Michigan’s health department to require indoor masking at all schools to curb the coronavirus and vowed to combat politicians who oppose such mandates. The Michigan Parents Alliance for Safe Schools includes pro-mask groups from a dozen counties — seven with school mask mandates and five without. “Right now you’ve got about 60% of Michigan’s kids covered. What about the other 40%? We’re going to keep fighting for them,” said Emily Mellits, a parent of two school-age kids in Macomb County. It is ...
Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID? No, there is no scientific evidence showing masks cause harm to kids’ health despite claims suggesting otherwise. The claims are circulating on social media and elsewhere just as virus outbreaks are hitting many reopened U.S. schools — particularly those without mask mandates. Among the unfounded arguments: Masks can foster germs if they become moist, or cause unhealthy levels of carbon dioxide. But experts say washing masks routinely keeps them safe and clean. Some argue that young children miss important visual ...
Local health officials Wednesday warned of climbing COVID-19 cases in the area, calling it “a disturbing trend.” In a news release, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department stated that Dickinson County cases have been 7.5 times higher compared with August 2020 and Iron County cases ...
