The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations. COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each day, but is not nearly as dangerous as it was last fall and winter. “It’s going to ...
Iron County outpaced Dickinson in terms of COVID-19 activity in the past week, recording 31 new confirmed positives compared with 11 for Dickinson County, local health data showed Thursday. Dickinson County also had eight probable virus cases and Iron County one probable since June 23, ...
Dickinson and Iron counties saw the same amount of COVID-19 activity in the past week at 22 new confirmed positives each, though Dickinson County again had another death blamed on the virus, local health officials reported Thursday. Dickinson County also had 18 probable virus cases and Iron ...
Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in what would become a global vaccination campaign. Over the next 12 months, more than 4.3 billion people around the world lined up for the vaccines. The effort, though marred by persisting inequities, prevented deaths on an unimaginable scale, said Oliver Watson of Imperial College London, who led ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University announced in an email Friday that it is lifting its mask requirement for all classrooms and labs for the time being. NMU President Kerri Schuiling made the announcement in an email sent to all students, faculty and staff members at the university. “With the change from high to low transmission rate, Northern is lifting its mask restriction for indoor classrooms and labs as of Monday. Masks are encouraged but not required; NMU community members should take precautions based on individual risk factors,” Schuiling said. The email pointed ...
Dickinson and Iron counties saw roughly the same amount of COVID-19 activity in the past week, with 24 and 23 new confirmed positives, respectively, though Dickinson County also had another death blamed on the virus, local health officials reported Thursday. Dickinson County also had 14 ...
