New CDC rules leave vaccinated outdoor Michiganders enjoying a taste of normalcy

"I know I was incredibly relieved when I got vaccinated because it would allow me to experience these types of things again," said Tony Jennings. "To be able to hang out with my friends, not worry about anything in general, and just got to experience life again."

NIH to study COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness on patients with compromised immune systems

The National Institutes of Health is launching a study to better understand how COVID-19 vaccines impact patients with weakened immune systems, since vaccines typically require a healthy working immune system to fight a virus.

UCSF confirms man experienced blood clots after receiving Johnson & Johnson vaccine

A patient with blood clots at UCSF is the first case in which a male patient is experiencing rare blood clots after receiving a Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

Beaumont doing 3 walk-in vaccine clinics in Southfield this week

The hospital system said it vaccinated 450 people in two hours during its first walk-in clinic last week. It plans to hold three more this week, where anyone eligible can walk up and get a shot.

Lt. Governor: Michigan able to pivot prior to J&J “pause”

Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist and other task force members recognize the work of the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities one year later.

US lifts pause, allowing J&J COVID-19 vaccinations to resume

Out of nearly 8 million people vaccinated before the U.S. suspended J&J’s shot, health officials uncovered 15 cases of a highly unusual kind of blood clot, three of them fatal.  

Next phase of vaccine distribution will bring shots to neighborhoods, doctor offices

"Shifting to make sure everyone has vaccines available to them in their neighborhood, federally qualified health centers, the pharmacy, their private doctor offices," Khaldun said. "That's where we are transitioning in the upcoming months." 

U-M students living on Ann Arbor campus must be vaccinated, school says

The president said the school wouldn't mandate shots "at this time" but strongly encouraged everyone to get vaccinated. The requirement will go in effect in the fall.

UM-Dearborn to require proof of COVID-19 vaccine or weekly negative test to be on campus

Students, staff, and faculty who plan to visit the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus this fall will need to show proof they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

As vaccine demand starts to slip in Michigan, cities move toward community-run clinics

Detroit, like many other cities, is starting to see growing stockpiles of vaccine doses, even as much of the state remains completely unprotected from COVID-19.

Hundreds receive vaccine at Sheffield Center, Duggan sees community access key

"What Rev. (Horace) Sheffield has done here, is taken trust in the institution of this community and reach out to them in a way the government could not do," Duggan said. "It is very impressive. I am going to have my team come out to see what he has done because clearly, he is succeeding."

There's more COVID-19 vaccines than people making appointments at Ford Field site

Last week saw a 2,000 dose slump at Ford Field. Some communities are now starting to see a new problem - there are more vaccines than people making appointments. 

CDC: COVID vaccines appear safe for pregnant women

The CDC study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines "do not indicate any obvious safety signals with respect to pregnancy."