Posts tagged with "COVID-19"

U.S. details plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccine for children Health

U.S. details plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccine for children

October 20th, 20210 WASHINGTON 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...
Henry Ford neurologist explains loss of smell after COVID and how to recover Health

Henry Ford neurologist explains loss of smell after COVID and how to recover

October 15th, 20210 One 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...
U.S. will open border with Canada to fully vaccinated travelers next month Local

U.S. will open border with Canada to fully vaccinated travelers next month

October 13th, 20210 After 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...
FDA advisors to meet this month to discuss COVID shot for children ages 5-11 Health

FDA advisors to meet this month to discuss COVID shot for children ages 5-11

October 7th, 20210 WASHINGTON, 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...
Building momentum across Hamtramck Public Schools Local

Building momentum across Hamtramck Public Schools

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...
Michigan marks 10 million vaccine doses administered Health

Michigan marks 10 million vaccine doses administered

October 6th, 20210 Michigan marked more than 10 million "primary series" doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. The state has also administered more than 207,000 third doses to those who are immunocompromised and booster doses to eligible individuals. To date, 68.3 percent of Michiganders age 16-years-old or older have gotten at least their...
Biden to get COVID-19 booster on Monday as additional doses roll out U.S.A

Biden to get COVID-19 booster on Monday as additional doses roll out

September 27th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden will receive a COVID-19 booster shot on Monday, the White House said days after his administration green-lighted a third shot of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine in certain populations. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week backed an additional dose of the Pfizer...
Chaldean doctors urge community to get vaccinated, not give in to misinformation Health

Chaldean doctors urge community to get vaccinated, not give in to misinformation

September 24th, 20210 A group of more than 150 Chaldean doctors published a letter urging the state’s large Chaldean community to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as soon as possible. The letter appears on the state’s official website in both English and Arabic. The group of medical specialist comes from various fields. The signees said...
Wayne County reaches national vaccination rate milestone Health

Wayne County reaches national vaccination rate milestone

September 22nd, 20210 WAYNE COUNTY — As of Sept. 21, 70 percent of Wayne County residents, excluding Detroit, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The 70 percent goal was set by President Biden and is seen by health officials as a crucial step toward getting a vast majority of residents vaccinated. Wayne County is only the sixth...
Beaumont Health says its 10 emergency rooms are near capacity Health

Beaumont Health says its 10 emergency rooms are near capacity

September 15th, 20210 DEARBORN — Due to a "perfect storm" of issues, Beaumont Health said all of its 10 emergency room departments are nearly full. Some of the patients are COVID-related, but the overwhelming majority of patients have other medical conditions and concerns according to Beaumont. Beaumont Health is also experiencing a blood shortage...
Beaumont Health study confirms COVID-19 vaccines prevent hospitalization, death Health

Beaumont Health study confirms COVID-19 vaccines prevent hospitalization, death

September 11th, 20210 DEARBORN — A new study from Beaumont Health of COVID-19 patients across Southeast Michigan shows that vaccination prevents hospitalization and death. After analyzing data for 11,834 COVID-19 patients treated at Beaumont emergency centers, researchers found that the hospitalization rate and emergency center visit rate was 96 percent...
MDHHS updates student quarantine guidelines; Whitmer applauds mask policies Health

MDHHS updates student quarantine guidelines; Whitmer applauds mask policies

September 8th, 20210 LANSING — With more than 60 percent of students statewide covered by a mask mandate, new quarantine guidelines have been released. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued new quarantine guidance for both symptomatic and asymptomatic students. “When layered prevention strategies such as masking,...
An unvaccinated teacher infected half a class in California, CDC says Health

An unvaccinated teacher infected half a class in California, CDC says

September 3rd, 20210 MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — A report published by the CDC details a case of an unvaccinated teacher who infected half a class of students with COVID-19 just by reciting a story for them unmasked. The report made headlines this week as schools went through a tense decision process to allow full in-person learning, but with many...
Washtenaw County issues mask mandate for K-12 schools Health

Washtenaw County issues mask mandate for K-12 schools

September 2nd, 20210 WASHTENAW COUNTY — Health officials in Washtenaw County have issued an emergency order requiring masks to be worn at all K-12 schools. Under the new order, beginning on Sept. 7, students and staff at all K-12 public, private, vocational and charter schools within the county will be required to wear a face mask while indoors to help...
Pfizer gets unanimous recommendation from CDC immunization committee Health

Pfizer gets unanimous recommendation from CDC immunization committee

September 1st, 20210 Adding to expert confidence over the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the CDC announced this week that its advisory committee on immunization has given the vaccine a "unanimous recommendation" for those ages 16 and up. The committee’s 14-0 vote came a week after the FDA gave the Pfizer vaccine full approval. The CDC's Advisory Committee...
Federal unemployment benefits to expire on Sept. 4 Local

Federal unemployment benefits to expire on Sept. 4

August 31st, 20210 LANSING — Michigan residents who have been receiving federal unemployment benefits will see all of those programs expire soon, but the state says it is still going to offer resources for those seeking employment. The benefits provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and American Rescue Plan...
CAIR: Federal assistance to local police should be tied to hate crime reporting COMMUNITY

CAIR: Federal assistance to local police should be tied to hate crime reporting

August 31st, 20210 After the release of the FBI’s annual hate crime statistics, a civil rights group is asking the Biden administration to make federal assistance to local law enforcement agencies contingent on their reporting and compiling of hate crime data. The FBI’s latest statistics on hate crimes show the biggest spike since 2008. The report...
After COVID halted its activities, senior program returns to Dearborn mosque COMMUNITY

After COVID halted its activities, senior program returns to Dearborn mosque

August 31st, 20210 DEARBORN — After a pause on activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a program for seniors is resuming its activities every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Islamic Center of America (ICA) in Dearborn. The program provides social and educational activities at ICA to the area’s seniors, though the program is open to all,...
Yemen gets first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines World

Yemen gets first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines

August 30th, 20210 ADEN — Yemen received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines made by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) on Sunday, roughly 151,000 doses, the health ministry said. The desperately poor country, where the health infrastructure has been devastated by six years of war, received 360,000 doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine in March through...
Wayne County requires masks for all schools, daycare providers Health

Wayne County requires masks for all schools, daycare providers

August 27th, 20210 Wayne County has now joined neighboring Oakland County in mandating masks be worn in local school districts, schools and daycare providers. The latest pandemic health order by the Wayne County Health Department takes effect immediately and requires students, faculty, staff and visitors to wear a face mask while in school and during...
Dearborn Public Schools to require face masks Local

Dearborn Public Schools to require face masks

August 25th, 20210 DEARBORN — Following recommendations from federal, state, and local health officials, Dearborn Public Schools has decided on an approach to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. With more than 20,000 students returning to full, in-person learning beginning Aug. 30, all students, staff and visitors will be required to wear face masks...
HPS superintendent: Prepare your child for back-to-school success Health

HPS superintendent: Prepare your child for back-to-school success

August 24th, 20210 Waving summer goodbye is bittersweet, but the new school year is right around the corner and your schools are eager to welcome students back. You may find your family is already in back-to-school-mode, or maybe your children are trying to make summer last as long as possible. Either way, preparing for the school year can be simple. As...
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