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Covid-19

Graham 1st vaccinated senator with virus ‘breakthrough’

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham has become the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying Monday he is “very glad” he received the vaccine, without which his current symptoms would be “far worse.” The news ...

State data shows 34 more virus cases in UP

State data Friday showed three new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and one in Iron County in the past three days. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Friday had 34 new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula for the three-day period ...

U of Michigan, MSU mandating vaccines

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan and Michigan State University will require all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the start of the fall semester. Both university presidents said Friday that action is being taken due to the spread of the more ...

Michigan: 350K who received jobless aid won’t have to repay

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — About 350,000 Michigan residents who received federal unemployment aid will not have to repay benefits even though the state told them that it mistakenly approved some eligibility reasons at the start of the pandemic. The Unemployment Insurance Agency said Friday that ...

Vaccinated people can carry as much COVID-19 as others

In another dispiriting setback for the nation's efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not ...

DIDHD: 10 more virus positives in Dickinson, six in Iron

Local health officials Thursday reported 10 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and six in Iron County in the past week, as virus activity in the region continues to rise. In addition to the new confirmed positives, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department in its ...