Michigan to lift mask mandate for the fully vaccinated, following CDC guidelines
May 14th, 20210 LANSING — Starting Saturday, Michiganders who are outdoors will no longer need to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status. While indoors, fully vaccinated Michiganders will no longer need to wear a mask, except where required by federal, state or local regulations or business guidance. Residents who are...
Vaccinations for Dearborn students available May 20 and 21
May 14th, 20210 DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools is adding vaccination dates for students next week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave the green light on usage of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for the 12-15-years-old age range this week. Michigan's health authority told providers late Wednesday that they can proceed...
CDC says fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear face masks in most settings
May 13th, 20210 WASHINGTON D.C. - The CDC announced that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a face mask or stay six feet from others in most settings, indoors and outdoors. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walesky said that there are still a handful of instances where people will still need to wear masks including in a health-care setting or in...
Top scientists question the need for COVID-19 booster shots
May 13th, 20210 COVID-19 vaccine developers are making ever bolder assertions that the world will need yearly booster shots, or new vaccines to tackle concerning coronavirus variants, but some scientists question when, or whether, such shots will be needed. In interviews with Reuters, more than a dozen influential infectious disease and vaccine...
Michigan to begin vaccinating adolescents 12- to 15-years-old following CDC recommendation
May 12th, 20210 LANSING — Providers in Michigan can now begin vaccinating adolescents to protect them from the COVID-19 vaccine. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced Wednesday that providers can begin vaccinating adolescents 12 to 15 years of age, following a vote by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Whitmer says COVID-19 vaccine is “way out” of pandemic
May 12th, 20210 LANSING — While Governor Whitmer is encouraging continued mask use, she said that residents continuing to get vaccinated is the path out of the pandemic. During a Wednesday morning press conference, Whitmer announced that the state has crossed the first benchmark in the “Mi Vacc to Normal” challenge, with 55 percent of...
U.S. children ages 12 to 15 could begin COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday
May 11th, 20210 U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday, widening the country’s inoculation program as vaccination rates have slowed significantly. This is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized in the U.S. for ages 12...
ACCESS receives $75,000 in grant money for suicide prevention
May 6th, 20210 DEARBORN — The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), is one of nine organizations to receive suicide prevention grants. The funding totals $650,000 and is coming from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, the Children’s...
NYT sources say Pfizer vaccine could be authorized for adolescents by next week
May 4th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could get approval for use in adolescents as early as next week. The New York Times reported federal officials as saying that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to grant expanded emergency use authorization to allow children as young as 12 to receive the coronavirus...
Experts warn vaccine hesitancy will delay herd immunity this year
May 3rd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even though more than 44 percent of the U.S. population has had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with about 2.4 million people receiving shots daily, medical experts are warning that it could take the country even longer to get back to normal if more people aren’t willing to take a vaccine. Over the...
Dearborn Public Schools to host free COVID testing site and vaccine clinic
April 29th, 20210 DEARBORN — In its continued fight against COVID-19, Dearborn Public Schools is offering another free COVID test site and vaccine clinic at Edsel Ford High School. On Friday April 30, from 8 a.m. until 2:40 p.m., the district is inviting students ages 16- and 17-years-old in the community to receive a free Pfizer vaccine at Edsel...
Michigan lays out plan to open up state tied to vaccine numbers
April 29th, 20210 LANSING — Michiganders can look forward to coming months of normalcy, if they are willing to get an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine to help the state get to its 70 percent vaccination goal. Governor Whitmer has laid out a plan for the state to return to normal based on vaccination rates. The "MI Vacc to Normal" plan will use...
University of Michigan-Dearborn announces COVID-19 vaccine or testing requirement for fall semester
April 28th, 20210 DEARBORN — The University of Michigan-Dearborn announced its plan to return to campus for the fall semester, which requires vaccines and testing. The university is planning to have most classes taught fully in-person or hybrid fashion and a return of on-campus student support services, co-curricular activities and campus...
U.S. lifts outdoor mask guidelines for fully vaccinated people
April 27th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — With more than half of all adults in the U.S. now having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. government is allowing fully vaccinated people to safely engage in outdoor activities like walking and gathering without wearing masks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data...
U.S. ends J&J COVID-19 vaccine pause; shots to resume immediately
April 24th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. can immediately resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, top health regulators said on Friday, ending a 10-day pause to investigate its link to extremely rare but potentially deadly blood clots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug......
D7 superintendent addresses COVID in the district
April 21st, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — During reports from the superintendent, the D7 School Board heard the state of the district with the rising COVID-19 cases. “We are about a week and a half past spring break and, as we expected, following spring break when students were at home for that week, we had assumed we would come back to a rise in cases...
Dearborn Heights offering a free vaccination clinic on April 25
April 21st, 20210 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In the continued fight against COVID-19, the city of Dearborn Heights will be offering a free vaccination clinic on April 25. The city will be offering the Moderna vaccine at the Berwyn Senior Center to anyone interested. The event will run from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and is open to residents of all......
Dearborn vaccination center accepting walk-ins through Thursday
April 20th, 20210 DEARBORN — No appointment is needed to get a COVID-19 vaccination shot at Dearborn’s vaccination center Tuesday through Thursday, April 22. The city of Dearborn is informing residents how easy it is for people 18 and older who live in Wayne County to get the shot in a convenient, quick way. Most people are out within 25 minutes,...
U.S. continues vaccinations at “accelerated pace”, but cases, hospitalization still up
April 20th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Though increased vaccination efforts in the U.S. continue giving hope, some parts of the county are still in the grip of COVID-19 surges, hospitalizations and deaths. Public health officials say there are several factors for the continuing surge, even though COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to Americans’...
No appointment necessary walk-ups accepted at all Wayne County vaccine clinics
April 18th, 20210 WAYNE COUNTY — All Wayne County vaccine sites will now accept walk-up COVID-19 vaccinations appointments during regular clinic hours from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents and workers may still schedule a vaccination appointment with the Wayne County Health Department by calling toll-free 1-866-610-3885. All County sites will accept...
Metro Detroit Arab community struggles to assess COVID impact due to “White” census classification
April 17th, 20210 Since Governor Whitmer declared a state of emergency last March, Dr. Zafar Shamoon, chief of emergency services at Beaumont Hospital-Dearborn, has witnessed first-hand the precariously rising cases of COVID-19 in the community. “Dearborn has been hit very hard," Shamoon told The Arab American News. "This is one of the busiest, if......
Michigan extends mask requirement to children ages 2 to 4
April 16th, 20210 MICHIGAN - On Friday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) extended its "Gatherings and Mask" epidemic order, which includes expansion of mask requirements to children ages 2 to 4. The order takes effect April 26 and is effective through May 24. The department says implementing the mask rule to children ages...
COVID-19 cases in children on the rise in Michigan
April 15th, 20210 LANSING — Despite early claims that children were less likely to catch COVID-19, hospitalizations and confirmed cases among children are on the rise. According to state data, as of April 15, there are 50 suspected pediatric cases and 41 positive cases. Dr. Prashant Mahajan, an emergency medicine physician at the University of......
Metro Detroit COVID units 75 to 100 percent full, Beaumont urges residents to take personal steps
April 15th, 20210 One of the state’s biggest hospital networks is warning Michiganders that hospitals and staff have hit critical capacity levels. Health care workers are now pleading for Michiganders to personally take immediate steps to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Michigan’s COVID-19 surge is the worst in the country, with even...
Michigan to expand the use of monoclonal antibody therapy
April 14th, 20210 LANSING — Governor Whitmer and the MDHHS said that the state is expanding the use of medical intervention to reduce COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths. The intervention involves additional doses of monoclonal antibodies made available to providers and requests to providers to expand the number of infusion sites throughout......
