August 23rd, 20210On Monday, the U.S. drug regulator granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine that had earned emergency-use authorization in December, making it the first to secure such U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) validation as health authorities struggle to win over vaccine skeptics.
The FDA approved the two-dose...
July 28th, 20210Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone.
These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme poverty and hunger”, to “combating lethal diseases” and “reducing child mortality worldwide”, proved to be yet another empty gesture which, unsurprisingly,...
July 28th, 20210DEARBORN — Beaumont Health has announced that it will be requiring all employees who practice at a Beaumont facility to have their COVID-19 vaccine.
The mandate will also apply to volunteers and providers.
The announcement came after the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant among unvaccinated people.
We have...
July 28th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — As new data from Pfizer shows a "booster" shot of its COVID-19 vaccine provides strong protection against the highly-contagious Delta variant, federal officials reiterated that Americans don’t need one quite yet.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNN on Wednesday that people "do not need to go out and...
July 27th, 20210Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks in indoor public places in regions where the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, U.S. health authorities said on Tuesday.
In a toughening of guidance issued earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommended all...
July 6th, 20210With the more-infectious Delta variant emerging as the most common strain of the coronavirus, parts of the U.S. with the lowest vaccination rates are threatening to halt progress on the pandemic in the country.
Southern states like Arkansas, Missouri and Alabama have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, according to...
July 2nd, 20210Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Moderna recently announced promising results in studies to determine vaccine effectiveness against the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus.
First identified in India, Delta is becoming the globally dominant variant of the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization.
Johnson...
June 28th, 20210Infectious disease experts are weighing the need for booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech, or Moderna mRNA-based vaccines for Americans who received Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine due to the increasing prevalence of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant.
A few say they have already done so themselves, even without...
June 10th, 20210DEARBORN — William Ford Elementary School will host another district COVID-19 vaccination clinic on June 17 for parents, students and community members.
Appointments will be available from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and the second dose will be scheduled for July 8.
The Pfizer vaccine is being offered, which can be administered to...
May 19th, 20210DEARBORN — In partnership with the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), Dearborn Public Schools will be offering COVID-19 vaccinations at Salina Intermediate school.
Dearborn students age 12 and older and their parents are being offered the Pfizer vaccine through the district.
The vaccines are being provided by the DMC at 2623 Salina...
May 15th, 20210HAMTRAMCK — Hamtramck Public Schools (HPS) is partnering with Rite Aid to provide vaccinations for individuals 12 and older at the Hamtramck Community Center at 11350 Charest St. this upcoming Thursday. HPS recommends families schedule an appointment to receive a COVID-19 shot.
The clinic is offering the first dose of the Pfizer...
May 15th, 20210DEARBORN/ DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With the Pfizer vaccine now being approved for children as young as 12, local school leaders are addressing vaccine concerns.
Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko said that the district cannot dictate vaccines for students.
“We are just advocating for the vaccines in a positive...
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...
May 13th, 20210COVID-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...
May 4th, 20210WASHINGTON, 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...
May 3rd, 20210WASHINGTON, 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...
April 10th, 20210DEARBORN — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Protect Michigan Commission recently selected the Dearborn Fire Department and ACCESS to encourage more equitable vaccine distribution in more vulnerable communities.
ACCESS and the Fire Department are among 22 pilot sites to receive doses of the COVID-19...
April 8th, 20210MICHIGAN — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Thursday it is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination efforts by increasing mobile vaccine clinics and bringing vaccines to participating vaccines.
Starting April 14, expanded mobile clinics in Detroit and Hamtramck will offer vaccine...
April 8th, 20210ROCHESTER — Oakland University has announced that students living on campus this fall will be required to be fully vaccinated upon their return.
Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, the university’s president, decided to require students to be vaccinated prior to moving into any of the six residence halls on Aug. 27.
“It’s only mandatory...
March 26th, 20210DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools will begin surveying parents of high school students this week to determine families' interest in the COVID-19 vaccine.
The survey is geared toward seeing if the parents and families would be interested in having the vaccine supplied to the teens through the school once they are...
March 25th, 20210Michigan residents aged 16 and older with disabilities or preexisting conditions are now eligible to receive the vaccine. All residents 16 and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine beginning April 5.
Residents should schedule appointments through their hospital group or other vaccine providers, such as the Ford Field clinic....
March 25th, 20210LANSING — Social media has been key to spreading dangerous misinformation about recent global and national events, including the deadly coronavirus, vaccines designed to combat it and the 2020 U.S. presidential elections.
Now a group of state attorneys general, including Michigan’s, are calling on these wildly popular platforms...
March 18th, 20210DEARBORN — CVS Health announced that it will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible Michiganders as early as Sunday, March 21.
Five CVS Pharmacy locations in Metro Detroit and eight total locations statewide have been chosen to administer the vaccines.
Appointments will become available for booking on Friday, March 19...
March 16th, 20210DETROIT — People are starting to take advantage of free COVID-19 vaccines offered through Wayne Health from Wayne State University and its mobile medical units.
Wayne Health representative Dr. Phillip Levy said this is a necessity.
"This is what is needed for us to get beyond the pandemic," he said. "We have to wear masks, we...
March 10th, 20210DEARBORN — With more vaccines beginning to be distributed and provided to the state, residents who qualify for the vaccine are being provided more options to get it.
Dearborn’s vaccination center has added more appointments as well as opening appointments to those who are 50 and older with medical conditions or...
March 6th, 20210DEARBORN — City Council President Susan Dabaja helped secure COVID-19 vaccines for Dearborn’s senior citizens by working with the Detroit Medical Center.
The initial phase will include 500 vaccines that were initially allocated for residents at Kennedy Plaza, Sisson Manor, Townsend Towers, Hubbard Manor East and Hubbard Manor...
February 17th, 20210COMMUNITY — Beaumont recently learned of an expected and significant reduction in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocation from the state of Michigan.
As a result of the reduction, Beaumont Health Systems had to cancel 1,884 second dose appointments scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 18.
Beaumont says it is working on automatically...
December 10th, 20200DETROIT — With panelists giving the green light on the use of the Pfizer vaccine, Wayne County is anticipating delivery of the first round of COVID-19 vaccines.
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans said that it’s currently unknown how many vaccines the county will be given:
“Wayne County is working closely with the state of...
