The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously approved vaccines for very young children on Saturday, clearing the way for likely dose availability early this week.
Some residents fell out of the routine of donating blood over the past two years for fear COVID-19. Now, doctors are scrambling to find ways to get people back to donation centers.
The pandemic intensified a long-festering youth mental health crisis and left schools searching for answers. In Michigan, 600 schools have adopted a social-emotional learning curriculum known as TRAILS – Transforming Research into Action to Improve the lives of students. It is poised to grow further – if the Legislature approves $150 million in new funding.
The Michigan attorney general will review allegations nonprofits broke the law by raising money for the measure to strip Gov. Whitmer of emergency powers. The nonprofits say the move is purely political.
Tutoring is one of the most effective ways to catch students up, and the Detroit district appears to be doing much of what experts say is critical to the success of such programs.
The Escanaba first grade teacher will be spending time away from the classroom next school year to advocate for mental health resources, as well as employee retention and recruitment plans statewide.
Organizers of Unlock Michigan 2, a petition to limit the duration of state and local health orders, announced that it did not collect enough valid signatures before the Wednesday deadline to survive a challenge.
After spending much of high school learning remotely in bedrooms, the high school class of 2022 displayed more mental health challenges and less classroom focus, school leaders say. Will pandemic drift follow them to college?
The FDA decision Tuesday extends boosters to everyone who has had their first COVID vaccines. Children younger than five have yet to be approved for a COVID vaccine, but that may come this summer.
The most recent audit of the state’s unemployment office’s performance shows it failed to implement safeguards needed to protect taxpayer information during the pandemic.
With the latest effort, some Michigan households could stock up dozens of tests. Also still available: free COVID treatments for high-risk Michiganders, which covers a lot of residents.
With just a few weeks left before a signature deadline, measures that were expected to be signed into law by a Republican Legislature may be breathing last gasps.
The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the classes of 2020 and 2021 from having a proper graduation ceremony. Saturday, they gathered under blue skies to hear Dr. Anthony Fauci urge them to embrace leadership and reject falsities.
