January 21st, 20220LANSING — Governor Whitmer has asked the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for help distributing COVID-19 test kits.
The goal is to distribute these test kits to schools and other priority groups.
“Tests are critical in keeping Michiganders safe and controlling the spread of COVID-19,” Whtimer said....
January 20th, 20220LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued an epidemic order requiring nursing homes to offer COVID-19 vaccines.
The facilities will be required to offer on-site doses to their residents.
“With the omicron variant rapidly spreading across our state and cases of COVID-19 continuing to...
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...
August 11th, 20210LANSING — With COVID-19 cases spiking throughout the state from the Delta variant, the state says there are no plans on reinstating restrictions.
Since last weekend, the state is averaging just over 906 COVID-19 cases per day. On Wednesday, there were 31 cases of the Delta variant in Wayne County and 356 Delta cases...