White House renews virus briefings: ‘Bringing back the pros’

As many as 90K Americans are projected to die from COVID-19 in the next four weeks, the Biden administration warned in its first COVID-19 briefing

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US surging vaccine to states amid complaints of shortages

Biden announced the U.S. is surging deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall

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Studies extend hopes for antibody drugs against COVID-19

Antibodies are proteins that attach to a virus and block it from infecting cells

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Virtual classes especially hard for 22,500 students with autism

The COVID-19 pandemic presents new kinds of challenges for nearly 22,500 Michigan pre-K through 12th​ grade students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Experts treat insomnia, anxiety caused by COVID-19

COVID-19 has affected many people’s sleep, whether they’ve had the virus or not

Watch: A doctor answers your COVID-19 questions

At 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, we will be chatting live with Dr. Rena Daiza from Henry Ford Health System

Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?

The COVID-19 vaccines so far require two shots given a few weeks apart

Lilly: Drug can prevent COVID-19 illness in nursing homes

Residents and staff who got the drug had up to a 57% lower risk of getting COVID-19, the drugmaker said

New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis

As the pandemic swept the globe last year, the CDC was undermined by some of its own mistakes and stifled by the Trump administration

McLaren Health agrees to record $7.75M penalty following drug probe

The civil settlement resolves a years-long investigation by the DEA into whether officials violated federal drug laws and how they handled controlled substances, including powerful pain medication central to the opioid crisis

Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary

Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health

Should college students be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Colleges likely will weigh how best to encourage vaccination and make it accessible; whether to require it for certain groups of students, such as athletes or those who live in residence halls or study abroad; and whether monetary or other incentives could help

The tricky road to herd immunity explained

The answer hinges on that often-misunderstood concept of herd immunity, made all the more complicated by the emergence of two variants of the coronavirus that seem to spread more rapidly

Online sign-ups complicate vaccine rollout for older people

As states roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to people 65 and older, senior citizens are scrambling to figure out how to sign up to get their shots

What to know about getting vaccinated for COVID-19

State officials said it could take months to inoculate those now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Michigan

Vaccine demand in Michigan quickly outpacing supply

The state has only a fraction of the COVID-19 vaccine needed to immunize everyone eligible, and should have waited to offer it to the 65-plus, some say

Beaumont triples server capacity after vaccine demand crashes system

Surge in demand crashes system last week after state announces it has broadened vaccination eligibility

Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant

New research suggests that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa

Feds rank Michigan low in COVID-19 vaccination rates

The administration of vaccines has been problematic across country, with only a third of the doses shipped to states injected into arms so far

Identical twins aren’t perfect clones, research shows

Identical twins are not exactly genetically the same, new research shows

Bid to address health costs by 3 corporate giants is over

Haven, a health care venture conceived by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan to attack soaring costs, is dissolving

Explainer: Should vaccine volunteers now get the real thing?

Now, with the first vaccine rollouts and a surge in coronavirus infections, experts are debating what to do about the half that got a dummy shot

A nation at a crossroads gets a new beginning

After a year as discombobulating as 2020, what now?

China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine

The Sinopharm vaccine had already been given to groups such as health care professionals and essential workers under emergency-use guidelines

New US dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2

The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, recommend feeding only breast milk for at least six months and no added sugar for those under age 2

US vaccinations at 200,000 a day run far short of ‘Warp Speed’

while Operation Warp Speed has distributed millions of doses, some states have been slow to get them into people’s arms

AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant

Drugmaker AstraZeneca is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K. authorities this week

Can COVID-19 vaccines get us to herd immunity? ‘The jury is definitely still out’

Epidemiologists’ estimated of two-thirds of the U.S. population being innoculated now seems too low to make a difference

Many US health experts underestimated the coronavirus until it was too late

Asian countries hit hard by SARS before knew what they had to do with COVID-19. The U.S, by contrast, learned all the wrong lessons

Overwhelmed LA hospitals brace for post-Christmas COVID wave

California health officials are bracing for the potential for a new round of infections from Christmas gatherings

Michigan in need of plasma donations from COVID-19 survivors

Convalescent plasma has become less accessible for the treatment of COVID-19 as cases have surged in Michigan

The autopsy, a fading practice, revealed secrets of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped revive the autopsy

What health officials know about the new variant of COVID-19 virus

Health officials say mutation of viruses is common and shouldn’t be cause for immediate alarm

Nurses fear what’s to come: ‘Walk down our unit for a day’

“Every day, I look into the eyes of someone who is struggling to breathe,” said nurse Jenny Carrillo, her voice breaking

Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria

The variant was found in two patient samples collected on Aug. 3 and on Oct. 9 in Nigeria's Osun state

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections

Michigan sees ‘encouraging signs’ as COVID-19 rates drop

Michigan's new case numbers, percentage of COVID-19 tests bringing positive results and hospitalizations are all trending downward.

More than 1 million people in the U.S. have gotten COVID vaccine doses

The U.S. now leads the world in COVID-19 vaccine shots administered

A child so sick they feared the worst, now they urge change

Cooper Wuthrich is one of hundreds of children in the U.S. who have been diagnosed with a rare, extreme immune response to COVID-19

Pfizer to supply US with additional 100M doses of vaccine

The drugmaker said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31