MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has appointed the former public health leader in Milwaukee as secretary of the state Department of Health Services. Kirsten Johnson, who formerly served as Milwaukee’s health commissioner for two years until resigning in January, will become the third ...

Dickinson County has had two more confirmed deaths blamed on COVID-19 in the past week, state data showed Tuesday. Iron County recorded 12 new confirmed COVID-19 positives since Jan. 24, up eight from the previous week, while Dickinson County had eight new cases, one more than the week ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests. Much of that is now coming to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency ...

LANSING, Mich. — Families who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program should prepare for the end of the increase in benefits that have helped address food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic due to recent federal legislation, state officials ...

The Upper Peninsula had one of its deadlier COVID-19 weeks in months, with both Dickinson and Iron counties each accounting for one of the 13 fatalities blamed on the virus since Jan. 17, according to state health data. The region also recorded three confirmed virus-related deaths in ...