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Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers seek fast approval of $908 billion COVID-19 relief U.S.A

Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers seek fast approval of $908 billion COVID-19 relief

December 1st, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled a $908 billion COVID-19 relief bill aimed at breaking a monthslong deadlock between Democrats and Republicans over new emergency assistance for small businesses, unemployed people, airlines and other industries during the pandemic. The measure has not yet been...
Local doctors address severity of COVID-19 COMMUNITY

Local doctors address severity of COVID-19

November 29th, 20200 DEARBORN — With COVID-19 cases on the rise, hospitals nearing capacity and growing frustration over health orders, some local doctors want to remind residents to take the pandemic seriously. Dr. Zafar Shamoon, emergency medicine specialist and chairman of emergency medicine at Beaumont Dearborn, said that he has experienced many...
Dearborn public safety chiefs encourage a safe holiday  COMMUNITY

Dearborn public safety chiefs encourage a safe holiday 

November 27th, 20200 DEARBORN — In a video posted to the city’s Facebook page, Police Chief Ronald Haddad and the fire department’s Battalion Chief Glenn Owens encouraged residents to have a safe holiday. “We want to remind you that we are in the middle of a COVID crisis,” Haddad said. “And I want to emphasize that only 10 people can be at...
Henry Ford Health System ready for COVID-19 vaccines Health

Henry Ford Health System ready for COVID-19 vaccines

November 25th, 20200 DETROIT – As two promising mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna move closer to approval, healthcare providers around the country are being challenged to receive, store and distribute these vaccines, both of which require storage at unusually low temperatures. As the only hospital in Michigan chosen as a Phase 3 trial site...
COVID mutation will not increase transmissibility, affect vaccine efficacy Health

COVID mutation will not increase transmissibility, affect vaccine efficacy

November 25th, 20201 LONDON — A peer-reviewed scientific study published on Wednesday says known mutations of the SARS-CoV-2, or coronavirus, do not increase virus transmissibility. Researchers also say the mutations do not pose a threat to vaccine efficacy. Viruses mutate, or change, constantly and some, like the flu, mutate more than others. The...
Local hospitals brace for second wave as COVID-19 cases rise COMMUNITY

Local hospitals brace for second wave as COVID-19 cases rise

November 22nd, 20200 DEARBORN — With COVID-19 cases seeing record high numbers over the last couple of weeks, local hospitals are bracing for the second wave. The state of Michigan is tracking bed capacity and available personal protection equipment (PPE) on its website and updates the information daily. Statewide, bed occupancy among all hospitals...
Beaumont Taylor announces visitor limitations COMMUNITY

Beaumont Taylor announces visitor limitations

November 19th, 20200 TAYLOR — Beaumont Hospital  in Taylor has announced visitor restrictions amid the rising cases of COVID-19. The Taylor facility is joining the Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak, Dearborn, Trenton, Farmington Hills and Troy locations in their decision to limit visitors. “We’ve had a notable rise in COVID-19 cases in Metro Detroit,”...
Local school leaders respond to new MDHHS orders COMMUNITY

Local school leaders respond to new MDHHS orders

November 18th, 20200 With the new Michigan Department of Health and Human Services order calling for high schools to suspend in-person learning, local school districts have been forced to make tough decisions for their districts. The Dearborn Heights District 7 School District had been the only district among Dearborn/Dearborn Heights that had allowed for...
City of Dearborn announces office closures, revised hours amid COVID-19 pandemic COMMUNITY

City of Dearborn announces office closures, revised hours amid COVID-19 pandemic

November 18th, 20200 DEARBORN — While Dearborn Police are set to enforce the mask mandate and other social gathering limitations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, the city has announced limitations at its city buildings. While the city clerk’s office at the Dearborn Administrative Center (DAC) will be closed to the public until...
Michigan restaurant association sues health department  COMMUNITY

Michigan restaurant association sues health department 

November 18th, 20200 LANSING — A Michigan restaurant advocacy group is one of three plaintiffs that have filed a lawsuit against the state health department over COVID-19 emergency orders. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association and is seeking to overturn restrictions that will impact restaurants and...
Residents returning to unemployment urged to reopen previous claims COMMUNITY

Residents returning to unemployment urged to reopen previous claims

November 17th, 20200 LANSING — Michigan workers who had returned to work after being on unemployment are urged to reopen their claims online if they are facing temporary unemployment again. The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) released this information as the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are set to be tightened during a three week “pause”...
Police, other agencies, will enforce new COVID orders if needed COMMUNITY

Police, other agencies, will enforce new COVID orders if needed

November 16th, 20200 DEARBORN — Michigan will begin its three-week “pause” on Wednesday, targeting in particular indoor gatherings around holidays and indoor dining and bar services to mitigate the sate's intense COVID-19 crisis. This statewide restrictions on certain activities was issued by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services...
We can stop COVID-19: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope Health

We can stop COVID-19: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope

November 16th, 20201 Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine is 94.5 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second U.S. drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations. Together with Pfizer Inc’s vaccine, which is also more than 90 percent effective, and...
85,000 essential workers apply for Futures for Frontliners scholarship COMMUNITY

85,000 essential workers apply for Futures for Frontliners scholarship

November 14th, 20200 LANSING — Since its launch, more than 80,000 essential workers have applied for the Futures for Frontliners scholarship. The Futures for Frontliners scholarship was an initiative put forward as a means of thanking essential workers and help Michigan meet the “Sixty by 30 goal.” The scholarship provides increased opportunity...
Schools returning to virtual learning amid spike in COVID-19 cases COMMUNITY

Schools returning to virtual learning amid spike in COVID-19 cases

November 13th, 20200 LANSING — With COVID cases reaching record daily highs, many schools are experiencing outbreaks and returning to virtual learning as a result. An outbreak is defined by the state as “two or more cases with a link by place and time indicating a shared exposure outside of a household.” The Michigan Department of Health and...
U.S. government partners with pharmacy chains to increase COVID-19 vaccine access Health

U.S. government partners with pharmacy chains to increase COVID-19 vaccine access

November 12th, 20200 The U.S. government is partnering with regional pharmacy chains and independent community pharmacies to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines whenever they are made available, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday. The partnership will cover about 60 percent of pharmacies throughout the 50 U.S. states,...
Beaumont Health seeking participants for COVID vaccine study COMMUNITY

Beaumont Health seeking participants for COVID vaccine study

November 12th, 20200 ROYAL OAK — Researchers at Beaumont Hospital are now enrolling patients in a national study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine, known as AZD1222, is being tested to determine its safety and effectiveness. Beaumont Department of Medicine Chair Dr. Christopher Carpenter said that Beaumont cared for the most patients...
MDHHS rolls out COVID-19 exposure alert app statewide COMMUNITY

MDHHS rolls out COVID-19 exposure alert app statewide

November 9th, 20200 LANSING — In an attempt to slow the increasing spread of COVID-19, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) have rolled out a COVID exposure app. The MI COVID Alert app is an anonymous, free and voluntary app originally piloted on Michigan State...
Dearborn Schools pause learning labs amid increase in COVID numbers COMMUNITY

Dearborn Schools pause learning labs amid increase in COVID numbers

November 4th, 20200 DEARBORN — With COVID-19 cases increasing across the state at an alarming rate, Dearborn Public Schools have decided to suspend remaining in-person learning labs as of Monday, Nov. 9. The decision was made after the district received its weekly report from the Wayne County Health Department, which showed positivity rates climbing...
U.S. Election Day unfolds smoothly, so far defying fears of disruption Elections

U.S. Election Day unfolds smoothly, so far defying fears of disruption

November 3rd, 20200 DETROIT/ATLANTA — Americans by the millions waited patiently to cast ballots at libraries, schools and arenas across the country on Tuesday, in an orderly show of civic duty that belied the deep tensions of one of the most polarizing presidential campaigns in U.S. history. The face masks worn by many voters and the sight of...
MDHHS reduces max gathering for indoor weddings, parties to 50 people COMMUNITY

MDHHS reduces max gathering for indoor weddings, parties to 50 people

October 29th, 20200 LANSING — Due to rising COVID-19 cases in the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Resources (MDHHS) has revised and extended its epidemic order. Now, the agency has reduced the maximum size of indoor gatherings such as weddings, parties and banquets, which occur in nonresidential settings without fixed seating, from...
Record-breaking early voting in U.S. election tops 80 million Elections

Record-breaking early voting in U.S. election tops 80 million

October 29th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 80 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, according to a tally on Thursday from the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, setting the stage for the highest participation rate in more than a century. The record-breaking pace, more than 58 percent of the total...
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