Michigan Health Watch

They are generally wary of the government or politicians, and questioned the process that yielded U.S. vaccines. Most are Trump supporters, with their own theories on the virus and why it was unlikely to harm them. Misinformation was not rare.  

A long-sought-after bump in pay has helped keep some direct care workers on the job, performing crucial, life-saving services for seniors and those with disabilities in a pandemic. What happens if it goes away?

Three weeks of steady increases in coronavirus cases have health officials worried and wondering whether the pace of vaccinations can prevent a wave of deaths and hospitalizations.

Michigan trails only Florida in the number U.K. B.1.1.7 variant cases following the most recent outbreak tied to prep basketball games in Grand Ledge. Variants pose a greater concern as people travel more and spring break hits.

The expanded eligibility is a month ahead of President Biden’s plan for universal U.S. eligibility by May 1. In the Upper Peninsula, one health department threw wide open its scheduling Friday, immediately offering appointments to any resident 16 and older.

Michigan residents 60 and older are making up far fewer of new coronavirus infections, a likely result of the nearly 1 million seniors who have gotten at least the first vaccine dose.

 With white residents overrepresented at the county’s first vaccination sites, county officials and Spectrum Health partnered to open clinics specifically geared to advantage Black and Hispanic residents in those areas.