LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist today issued the following statements as Michigan is set to surpass seven million vaccine doses administered. “Today, Michigan will surpass seven million doses administered of the safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines,” ...
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Nessel is warning Michiganders to beware of scammers reaching out to loved ones of COVID-19 victims offering to register them for funeral assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to a fraud alert from FEMA, the agency does ...
LANSING – Governor Gretchen Whitmer today set the state of Michigan on a pathway to return to normal by unveiling the ‘MI Vacc to Normal’ plan as the state continues to push toward its goal of vaccinating 70% of Michiganders ages 16 years or older. To facilitate this goal, the Michigan ...
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants to ensure Michiganders don’t fall for fake advertisements or too-good-to-be-true treatments related to COVID-19. Her Consumer Alert covers a wide range of scams that are circulating right now. In her latest Consumer Protection video, ...
LANSING – A statewide COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program piloted in 2020 resulted in all 20 participating sites detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples. The results hold promise for future efforts to detect and respond to outbreaks of the virus, according to data ...
HANCOCK — Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) has started using a new software tool, Patient Education Genius (PEG) to help support COVID-19 case investigations and prioritization of disease outbreaks. When the health department receives notification of a person who tested ...
ONTONAGON – Aspirus Health is offering COVID-19 vaccinations daily at Aspirus Ontonagon Clinic, 601 S. 7th Street, Ontonagon, MI 49953. The clinics offer the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine is the only COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in teens age 16 and 17. “These ...
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is recommending vaccine providers across the state resume the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine to vaccinate Michiganders age 18 and older. This recommendation is based on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the ...
LANSING – As a result of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request of the federal government to help get more Michiganders vaccinated as quickly as possible, more than 200 federal personnel will be arriving in Michigan this week to assist at three mass vaccination sites: DeVos Place in Grand ...
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is transitioning its COVID-19 vaccine dashboard to a new methodology to more clearly and simply summarize vaccination data reporting. “Since we started vaccinating Michiganders, we have had the opportunity to improve ...
LANSING — Today, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) extended its Gatherings and Mask epidemic order. The Order – which preserves the strongest public health order in the Midwest – is designed to balance day-to-day activities while controlling the spread of ...
HANCOCK — The national pause of usage of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should not result in much disruption locally for people who have appointments scheduled, including upcoming mass vaccination clinics, Western Upper Peninsula Health Department Medical Officer Kate Beer said Tuesday. ...
LANSING – Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced today the state is working to expand the use of a medical intervention designed to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19. This involves additional doses of ...
HANCOCK — Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) is pausing all use of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA and CDC have recommended this pause, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has confirmed it. The WUPHD is stopping all use ...
LANSING — With all Michiganders eligible to receive one of the three safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is continuing its efforts to equitably distribute and increase vaccine accessibility. This now includes vaccine allocation to ...
LANSING — Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA), like other states across the country, remains under attack by criminals. Since Friday, Apr. 2, Michigan has seen a dramatic increase in new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims likely filed by criminals that have been halted ...
UPPER PENINSULA – Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) receives $3,840,000 to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and treatment in communities hard hit by the virus and to increase operational capacity. On March 25, the White House announced a historic investment of $6 ...
LAURIUM – Aspirus Health is offering a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Friday, Apr. 16 from 3 to 6 p.m., at Aspirus Laurium Clinic, 205 Osceola Street. The clinic will offer the Pfizer vaccine, the only COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in teens age 16 and 17. “Now that everyone 16 and ...
LANSING – For Michiganders who have received or plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning them to avoid current vaccine survey scams offering a reward in exchange for personal information. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Bureau of ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University will be hosting #CrushCOVIDWeek on campus from April 5 through April 9 in the hopes of getting more students, faculty, and staff signed up for COVID-19 vaccinations. “The first week in April marks the beginning of vaccine eligibility for many of our ...