HOUGHTON — According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data tracker, positive test results for COVID increased just over 12% between December 17 and December 23, 2023. Closer to home, Cathryn Beer, health officer and chief executive at the Western Upper Peninsula ...

NEW YORK — The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. FDA’s decision came one day after an agency panel of outside advisers supported the recipe change. The agency told vaccine makers to ...

HOUGHTON — COVID-19 activity again was down across the Upper Peninsula, though the region did reach 1,000 deaths blamed on the virus since the pandemic began nearly three years ago, state data showed Tuesday. Houghton County had only three new confirmed coronavirus positives since April 25, ...

HOUGHTON — COVID-19 activity appears to have significantly slowed in the Upper Peninsula, with the number of new confirmed positives down by nearly half what was recorded the previous week, state data showed Tuesday. Local numbers fell for the week as well, according to figures posted ...

COVID-19 activity generally declined across the region in the past week, according to state health data. Houghton County had 11 new confirmed coronavirus positives since April 4, down eight from a week ago, while Baraga County had three new cases, only one more than the previous week, ...

COVID-19 activity remained low across the region in the past week, according to state health data. Houghton County had 19 new confirmed coronavirus positives since March 28, up only one a week ago, while Baraga County had two new cases, four fewer than the previous week, according to figures ...