Michigan Health Watch

Short supplies nationally and tight eligibility limitations for Paxlovid and molnupiravier will restrict access to the most vulnerable (which includes some unvaccinated patients).

The decision by the CDC’s vaccine advisory board must get the final okay from CDC’s director, but convincing parents may be a whole other matter.

Lab experts and doctors — along with the FDA — say omicron appears better than its predecessors at ducking detection.

Things were looking up, but the fast-spreading variant is filling hospitals again, especially in hard-hit southeast Michigan. The good news is omicron is mild for most.

The year began with new vaccines and hopes for an end. It is ending with grim new threats and big questions about the future.

The first-ever COVID treatment in a pill drops risk of hospitalization and death for those infected by 89 percent, according to drugmaker Pfizer. But only some people will qualify to get it.

The Buckeye state used federal funds to freely distribute 4.8 million at-home COVID tests at libraries, schools, rec centers and union halls. Michigan is nowhere close to those numbers as the holidays loom. 

If upheld in court, about two million Michigan workers will be affected by a Biden administration edict that requires large workplaces to ensure workers are vaccinated against COVID-19. The U.S. Supreme Court may soon jump in to decide the matter.