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

Whitmer has shattered fundraising records by using a 1984 ruling that exempts candidates facing recall from limiting individual contributions.

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.

Michigan campuses had massive COVID outbreaks in the first year of the pandemic, which have been largely sidestepped this year. Officials are trying to be proactive amid the latest surge, with some going remote in January.

The Unlock Michigan ballot proposal would allow politicians to replace public health experts in making decisions on infectious diseases. That is irresponsible, say two former heads of state public health in Michigan.

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

School mask mandates are declining across Michigan even as COVID cases rise to crazy levels. And with a surge in teachers and other staffers out sick, the state is taking a harder line on quarantines.

The redrawn redistricting maps give Democrats the first chance in a generation to flip the Michigan Legislature. But Black leaders say it could happen at the expense of electing Black candidates.

Some businesses are operating with as many as one-fifth fewer workers as the state battles a wave of the omicron variant, due to staff illness or quarantine after exposure.