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Over the past month, Michigan has seen a rise in new COVID-19 infections—though the spike hasn't been as dramatic as the Omicron surge from earlier this year.
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East Lansing public schools indoor mask mandate begins Monday May, 16.
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The Michigan House and Senate Oversight Committees heard testimony during a joint hearing Thursday over a letter detailing COVID deaths in the state’s long-term care facilities. The hearing comes after a report from the Office of the Auditor General found nearly 30% more deaths than the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported across a timespan from January 2020 through July 2, 2021. The health department is vehemently disputing that tally.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is shifting its efforts away from individual contact tracing. As cases of COVID-19 continue to trend upward, officials at the state health department say they can no longer focus on contact tracing on an individual basis.
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A new University of Michigan study finds lockdowns in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic likely saved lives. But it also finds the economic impact is more “nuanced.”
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Health officials are worried about a possible "twindemic," making the crisis at hospitals even worse. A "twindemic" means two serious diseases infecting large numbers of people at the same time. In this case, that would be COVID-19, and the flu.
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Michigan’s health department says a report finding the state undercounted COVID-19 deaths at long-term care facilities used bad analysis.An early copy of the state Auditor General’s report obtained by the Michigan Public Radio Network says the state missed counting more than 2 thousand COVID deaths in those facilities.
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A ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court this week will not affect Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements.Thursday’s 6-3 ruling found the Biden administration does not have the authority to require workers at large businesses with more than 100 employees to either get vaccinated against COVID, or test regularly.
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For Sam Phelps, it started with a sore throat and some aches. He took an at-home rapid COVID-19 test that came back positive.A few days later, the Royal Oak resident took a more sensitive polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test which was negative.“I had a booster and so it seems like I had a very mild case," Phelps said. "But, yeah, I'm certain that I had COVID.”Phelps says the rapid test was useful because it prompted him to isolate from others. To public health officials, however, his positive result likely remained invisible.At-home rapid tests are surging in popularity. But the state isn't tracking results from many of those tests, leading to an undercount of cases.
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Michigan has hit a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations, even as the state's daily confirmed COVID-19 case rate dropped slightly over the weekend.