Detroit extends COVID-19 testing hours at Joseph Walker Williams Rec Center for holiday season
People who work and live in Detroit can get free rapid Covid tests at the Joseph Walker Williams Rec Center. The test site has extended hours this week and next week.
Despite slight decrease in hospitalizations, Beaumont doctor concerned as COVID-19 surges in Michigan
Beaumont Dr. Nick Gilpin is concerned about the the COVID-19 pandemic during the holidays.
Michigan 'in for another 4-6 weeks' of COVID-19 surge as omicron sweeps through state, Whitmer says
As holiday travel kicks into full gear, concerns have morphed into alarms for many hospitals and doctors as Michigan manages some of its worst hospitalization numbers of the pandemic.
First 2 weeks of new Oakland University semester is online only to slow Covid spread
Oakland University has had mandatory vaccines since August of this year with a campus of 17,500 students. But Covid is not going away - and starting January 5, classes will start out online- for two weeks.
'Hugely contagious' but is it more severe? Everything to know about the omicron variant
How much protection do the vaccines offer? What about natural immunity? Who is most at risk? Here is everything we know about the new COVID-19 variant running rampant through Michigan and the U.S.
COVID-19 testing backs up as Michiganders prepare for holiday travel
Michigan's COVID-19 cases are still surging and now people are preparing to travel. Many of whom are getting tested for the virus and creating a shortage in appointments in Southeast Michigan.
Michigan reports 40,692 cases of COVID-19 (daily average of 20,346), 259 deaths since Wednesday
On Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, Michigan reported 40,692 cases of COVID-19 and 259 deaths since Wednesday, 136 of which were from vital records review. That's an average of 13,673 cases per day.
University of Michigan mandates COVID-19 booster at all campuses; Omicron variant detected at Ann Arbor campus
The University of Michigan is mandating the COVID-19 vaccine booster for students, staff, and faculty at all three campuses, as well as for Michigan Medicine employees.
Omicron COVID-19 variant confirmed in Oakland County
The first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Oakland County has been confirmed by health officials.
Michigan State University mandates COVID-19 vaccine booster
Michigan State University will require students, staff, and faculty to receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster.
Even as Michigan's Covid hospitalizations dip, health care workers warn state still in crisis
Case rates and staff burnout have already pushed Michigan hospitals to the brink, officials say. But with the holidays in full swing and omicron spreading, the worst may still be on the way.
Doctor who caught omicron at super spreader event says pandemic isn't just due to the unvaccinated
Debra says the blame for the ongoing pandemic should be placed on more than the unvaccinated, saying masks and other precautions need to continue to be used.
Definition of fully vaccinated should change to include a 3rd shot, says expert
"The definition of having gotten two vaccines if it’s mRNA, or one dose, if it’s the Johnson and Johnson, was really built under a different virus," said Dr. Matthew Sims. "It is not enough any longer to just get the vaccine - you have to get the booster."
Smelling cat urine, chronic pain, and extreme fatigue: my experience with long-haul Covid
It's been more than seven months since Maurielle Lue was released from the hospital after recovering from COVID-19, but her long-haul symptoms have persisted well past the original illness. This is her story.
Court won't order Ann Arbor hospital to use ivermectin to treat man with COVID-19
The daughter of a 68-year-old man sued after doctors refused to use the cattle deworming medicine. The man still has severe lung problems and other health woes, but his Covid infection has eased.
Detroit expands vaccinations with door-knock program in battle against COVID-19
"We can come directly to them to get their vaccines," she said. "That’s one of our new approaches - and we’re vaccinating about 200 people a day, right in their own home."
'This is serious': Health officials worried about strain COVID-19 pandemic is putting on Michigan hospitals
Michigan health officials are concerned about the strain COVID-19 is putting on hospitals.
First Omicron variant detected in Michigan's Kent County
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Kent County Health Department have been notified of a case of the Omicron variant in a Kent County resident.
Michigan hits another pandemic high for COVID-19 hospitalizations
Michigan has more than 4,400 adults hospitalized with COVID-19.
1st-year doctor rises to the challenge of Covid pandemic
“This has been a very humbling pandemic," he said. "It gives you a sense that you don’t always know what’s out there.”