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Coverage of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) from the journalists of the Spartan Newsroom.
Health organizations are taking COVID-19 vaccination clinics into the community. Great Lakes Bay Health Centers, which operates community health clinics and mobile clinics across the region, has opened vaccinations at its clinics to anyone 18 and older.
As the COVID-19 pandemic closed animal shelters to the public, Detroit area pet rescue and adoption organizations had to come up with new ways to connect their dogs and cats to families.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, city departments, restaurants, schools, businesses and families are spending more money on personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies and technology.
When Michigan’s governor issued a stay-at-home order in response to an exploding pandemic of a new variant of the coronavirus almost everything, including churches, shut down. “Immediately my thought went to how do we move forward?” said Pastor Chevez D. Marshall of Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Saginaw.
COVID-19 is killing 1 in every 390 Native Americans — the highest mortality rate among any U.S. minority group. But tribal leaders say Southwest Michigan’s Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi so far has avoided those losses.
In this edition of Focal Point, we’ll a visit a comedy club with a cause; take a look at a rally to reopen schools at the Michigan State Capitol; get a sneak peek inside the MSU greenhouses on campus.
Teletherapy has become the new normal at Delta-Waverly Psychology and Counseling Associates due to safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bookshelf in Holt has struggled to turn the page on the coronavirus pandemic as shutdowns, health restrictions and reduced traffic have cut into its business.
Grand Ledge city officials expect COVID-19 to adversely affect the financial health of the city by cutting into expected revenue and increasing expenses.
As the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccination program launches across the country today, Eaton and Ingham County health officials say they have structures in place to vaccinate health care workers and eventually the general public.