LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Board of Education approved a resolution that supports allowing local school districts to make “scientifically informed decisions” about whether to mandate COVID-19 masks for all students, teachers and visitors. Following a tense, daylong meeting, the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With the highly contagious delta variant fueling a surge in coronavirus cases just as students return to classrooms, major school districts in Arizona, Florida, Texas and beyond are increasingly defying Republican leaders who banned school mask mandates in several ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. Expectant women run a higher risk of severe illness and ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One of the country's most popular music festivals is going to require attendees to have a COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to get into the concerts. Organizers at Summerfest in Milwaukee released a revised entry protocol policy Tuesday announcing that those ...

Local health officials announced Monday that the delta variant of COVID-19 has been found in Dickinson County. This variant “is concerning” because “compared to the standard SARS-CoV-2 virus, the B.1.617.2 variant is approximately 50% more transmissible, leading to faster spread of the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday he has given Wisconsin hotels $70 million in federal coronavirus relief dollars. The governor’s office said grants of up to $2 million went out Friday to 888 lodging businesses around the state to help offset pandemic-related ...