COVID-19 activity in the region held relatively steady in the past week, state data showed Tuesday. Iron County recorded 14 new confirmed positives since Jan. 31, up two from the previous week, while Dickinson County had eight new cases, the same as the week before, according to figures ...
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 secretary of the state agency under Evers when she takes the position on Feb. 27. She replaces Karen Timberlake, who served in the role from January 2021 until her resignation in December. Evers’ first secretary, Andrea Palm, drew heat from the Republican-controlled Legislature for her handling ...
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 said. February will be the last month that people in Michigan and other states receive the extra food assistance benefits — which have been at least $95 more per month. In March the additional benefits will no longer be issued. People who receive food assistance should prepare and seek needed ...
