State data Wednesday showed COVID-19 activity continues to climb in the Upper Peninsula with 59 new confirmed positives in the past two days, though roughly half of those new cases came in Delta and Menominee counties. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website ...
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 Democratic-majority board signed off on the resolution in a 5-2 vote Tuesday that members stressed “supports the right of local control to mask and not to mask.” Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has said she will not require masks in school, like she did last academic year, instead letting ...
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 pregnancy complications from the coronavirus, including perhaps miscarriages and stillbirths. But their vaccination rates are low, with only about 23% having received at least one dose, according to CDC data. "The vaccines are safe and effective, and it has never been more urgent to increase ...
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 attending the lakeside festival will need proof of vaccination or negative results from a COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of attending. The Summerfest website says either a PCR or rapid test is acceptable. The annual concert runs Sept. 2 to 4, 9 to 11, and 16 to 18. Last month, ...
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 ...
