December 10th, 20210LANSING — Michigan has recorded its first confirmed case of the emerging Omicron COVID-19 variant as it continues to battle rising cases of the dangerous Delta variant.
The news comes as the country is coming to grips with yet another variant of the virus, with first cases reported in California, New York and Colorado in the last...
December 1st, 20210- Briana Gasorski contributed to this report
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday that the first case of the newly emerging Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected in the U.S. A second case was announced in Minnesota on Thursday, after which two more states, New York and Colorado, reported...
November 30th, 20210HAMTRAMCK — Hamtramck Public Schools (HPS) is providing families with the resources they need to make informed decisions about their health as the state undergoes yet another surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The district says safety practices like washing hands, social distancing and wearing masks are simple and...
November 30th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn), House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) have introduced the Lebanon TPS Act of 2021.
The proposed legislation seeks to grant Lebanese nationals...
November 25th, 20210— This article by Abdul El-Sayed originally appeared in the newsletter The Incision. It has been edited for style. Subscribe to The Incision here: incision.substack.com
Throughout the pandemic, Europe has been a harbinger of what’s coming next on this side of the pond. And across Europe, COVID cases are climbing. In the U.K.,...
November 24th, 20210LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has announced a federal grant to help hire additional staff at Michigan hospitals.
Under the agreement, the federal government will send two medical teams to local hospitals to relieve doctors and nurses as they treat COVID-19 and is expected to send 44...
November 24th, 20210WASHINGTON D.C. — President Biden has announced requirements for all essential, non-resident travelers crossing U.S. land borders.
This decision includes truck drivers, government and emergency response officials and would require them to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22.
A senior administration official said the...
November 24th, 20211DEARBORN — Despite neighboring districts deciding to return to virtual learning amid the spike in COVID-19 cases, Dearborn Public Schools has decided to remain in-person for now.
In a post on social media, the district said it is not yet moving to virtual learning, but is prepared.
“As the Boy Scout motto states, ‘be...
November 24th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Amid the surge in positive COVID-19 cases throughout the state, the Crestwood School District has decided to return to virtual learning temporarily.
With 36 positive cases among students and staff throughout the district and an estimated one to three close contacts to each case on average, Superintendent Youssef...
November 23rd, 20210LANSING — The state reported this week that as of last Friday, more than 87,000 (10.5 percent) of Michigan children ages 5 to 11 have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is urging parents and caregivers to get their children vaccinated before the...
November 19th, 20210DETROIT - Amid a surge in cases, Michigan officials are now urging people to get their COVID-19 vaccine boosters, that are now approved for anyone over 18 years of age by the FDA.
Daily cases in the state have consistently risen since a drastic reduction last summer, showing an upward cumulative trend. Cases peaked with over 6,500...
November 19th, 20210DETROIT — Henry Ford Health System began COVID-19 vaccinations for children Thursday, marking a new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic.
For parents like Smitha and Michael Hahn of Bloomfield Hills, the occasion was one of excitement and relief. Their children Jack, 7, and Sonya, 5, were the first to receive the first dose of the...
November 19th, 20210LANSING — The state has launched a program to make free at-home COVID-19 tests available to families through schools.
On Thursday, Governor Whitmer launched a new pilot program in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) called "MI Backpack Home Tests" to provide free, at-home COVID-19 antigen...
November 18th, 20210— Sunita Sohrabji is a contributing editor Ethnic Media Services (EMS). The following EMS article has been edited for style
WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the fifth time the afternoon of Nov. 17, Senate Republicans stalled the confirmation of Dilawar Syed as deputy administrator for the Small Business Administration, all failing to show...
November 18th, 20210DEARBORN HEIGHTS — An announcement was made at the Nov. 17 school board meeting that the D7 School District will return to virtual learning temporarily.
A letter posted on the district’s Facebook page from Interim Superintendent Dr. Mary Ann Cyr cited recent upticks in COVID-19 cases as the reason.
“Due to the increase and...
November 17th, 20210LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is asking residents to take steps to protect themselves and others this flu season.
To prevent outbreaks of the flu and COVID-19, the MDHHS is asking Michiganders to get both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines, wear masks in indoor settings, social distance when...
November 16th, 20210LANSING — Michigan's new budget enables the state to expand free and low-cost childcare service to more families, the governor's office announced this week.
Governor Whitmer announced Wednesday the expansion of free or low-cost childcare to 105,000 more children through expanded income eligibility criteria. Families of four earning...
November 16th, 20210MICHIGAN — The state hit an important milestone in vaccinations against COVID-19 for adults this week.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Wednesday that Michigan has reached the state’s 70 percent goal of eligible residents age 16 and older receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19...
November 11th, 20210ROYAL OAK — With COVID cases on the rise again, Beaumont’s chief medical officer is saying this fourth surge is taking on a different shape.
Previous COVID surges in 2020 and early 2021 saw rapid increases in cases and then climbs in hospitalizations, followed by rapid declines in both cases and hospitalizations. But this...
November 3rd, 20210The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), doctors and state public health leaders are urging Michigan parents to get their children ages 5 to 11 vaccinated with Pfizer's COVID-19 pediatric vaccine, which received emergency use authorization for this age group from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and was...
October 25th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report published by the federal government's consumer affairs watchdog agency shows a disproportionate impact of certain scams which target communities of color.
The staff report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) highlight the unique types of consumer problems that these communities face, as well as how...
October 20th, 20210WASHINGTON D.C. — The White House has rolled out detailed plans for the expected authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children.
Federal regulators will meet over the next two weeks to weigh the benefits of giving shots to children aged 5 to 11.
Within hours of the formal approval, which is expected after the Centers...
October 15th, 20210One of the most common complaints in people who have experienced a COVID-19 infection has been a strange and sometimes long-term loss of smell, a frustrating side-effect.
Depending on various factors, anywhere from 50 to 80 percent of people suffering from COVID-19 can lose their sense of smell.
The sense of smell, or olfactory...
October 13th, 20210After a 19-month lockdown on nonessential travel, the U.S. will reopen its borders with Canada and Mexico to fully vaccinated travelers, starting in November
Mexico and Canada, as well as Americans themselves, have asked the U.S. government for months to ease restrictions on nonessential travel across borders. Though commercial trade...
October 8th, 20210Jordan’s monarchy was back in the headlines this week, with the news that King Abdullah II purchased luxury homes through an offshore scheme that worked to hide a large flow of wealth into tax havens.
Last year, with the country hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordan's government had promised to track every dinar that the...
October 7th, 20210WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed Oct. 26 for its panel of outside advisers to meet and discuss the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as 5.
If approved by that advisory panel, children ages of 5- 11-years-old, numbering around 28 million, will begin receiving the two-dose...
October 6th, 20210
As superintendent, it is my honor to personally greet our children as they return to school each fall. This year is just as exciting to me—if not more so—as we are once more welcoming students back in person. Teachers, administrators and students alike have been eager to start school together again, and it’s a joy to experience...
October 6th, 20210DETROIT — A men’s health event in Detroit is providing free essential men’s health screenings and tests, valued at more than $2,000, at Ford Field in Detroit.
The MIU Men’s Health Foundation is hosting the 11th annual Men’s Health Event, presented by Endo Pharmaceuticals, on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Ford...
