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It’s been three years since Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency after the first detection of the COVID-19 virus in Michigan. Now, medical providers say an annual COVID vaccine may become routine.
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Researchers at Michigan State University found variation in the cost of COVID-19 PCR tests for insurance companies may mean increased premiums for some policy holders.
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A new study finds Michigan and other states did not do a good job providing the general public easy to understand information on COVID-19 treatments.
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Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded.
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After nearly a decade of service leading the Ingham County Health Department, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, Linda Vail is just weeks away from stepping down from as health officer.
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The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.
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While highly transmissible, MSU infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Gulick says experts aren’t too concerned about the XBB.1.5 strain dramatically increasing the number of tragic outcomes.
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RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.
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Public health officials want more Americans to get the latest COVID vaccine booster. Only 35% of people over 65 have gotten the shot, though 75% of COVID deaths are among people in this age group.
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People are gathering indoors for the holidays, and there's been an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The federal government says you should test often to try to prevent the spread of the virus.