Coronavirus in Michigan

In areas overwhelmed by COVID cases, hospitals must rely on traveling nurses to operate ICUs. Hospitals pay a premium for that temporary help, while also struggling to keep their staff nurses happy.

Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail says a higher vaccination rate would help protect older people with risk factors.

The Michigan Chamber of Commerce wants President Joe Biden to rethink a proposed COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

A panel of experts voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at least two months after the first shot.

A Jackson County Commissioner wants to ban COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates.

Jeanna Norris sued Michigan State University over the school's coronavirus vaccine mandate.

For Hispanic Heritage Month, WKAR is taking a closer look at trailblazing Latinos in our region. Last in our series we meet Dora Hoppes, a Michigan nurse working in a COVID-19 unit. She took care of the first hospitalized coronavirus patient at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital.

Are vaccinated people who get COVID as likely to spread the infection as unvaccinated people? Scientists don't think so.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, tells CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating outdoors for Halloween this year.

Many families are under financial stress, parents see kids seriously behind in school, huge rent bills and looming evictions and delayed medical care has negative consequences, to name a few.