From a brain tumor to boardrooms, there’s a lot to unpack about as Dr. Bobby Mukkamala of Flint takes on the presidency of the nation’s largest physician group.
Some medical experts say the decision to stop recommending the vaccine for these groups makes sense given the lessened severity of COVID-19 infections. Others cautioned that the move makes the vaccines less available to everyone in the long term.
Six public health departments in Michigan were using federal funds to expand testing for disease and even guard against terrorist attacks, local leaders say. But that funding ended abruptly in March.
Michigan officials said schools would be on hook for $40 million after the federal government halted COVID-19 payments. While uncertainty remains, the total is less than half that.
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is telling states that the time to spend COVID relief funds is over. More than 25 Michigan districts could be on the hook for a combined $42 million in spending.
Once the No. 3 cause of death in Michigan, COVID-19 is attributed to 1,400 deaths so far in 2024. That’s half of the number who died in 2023 and a small percentage of those who died in 2020-22.
The state Department of Education reports progress toward achieving its educational strategic plan, including higher graduation rates, but the pandemic widened performance gaps, according to the CDC.
Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Director Julia Dale told staffers she’s leaving to accept a job with a nonprofit. Appointed in 2021, Dale is the agency’s third director since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attorney General Dana Nessel and legislative Democrats want to cap prices on necessary goods and services during state of emergency declarations. Republicans and business groups have concerns.
Staring at screens when they most needed the refining fire of in-person interactions, these now late teens to early-20-somethings missed crucial steppingstones to adulthood.
Michigan underreported total cases counts by 6%, the bulk of which came during the deadly omicron wave of 2021 and 2022. The state fixed the problem in October and blames a computer error.
The state is spending $17 million to expand 22 sites into wellness centers to provide preventive care in an effort to curb racial disparities in health outcomes.
Michigan students are already suffering from pandemic learning losses. High rates of absenteeism make it worse. Rates improved slightly from last year but are still well above 2019.
A federal program that provides COVID shots for under- and uninsured Americans and others is ending, just as updated COVID vaccines are being released.
