CDC director urges Michiganders to get vaccinated amid rising COVID, RSV cases

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was in Detroit on Thursday to urge people to get...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan health department recommends getting updated COVID vaccine

Michigan's state health department is recommending that people get the updated COVID-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older for...

A new COVID-19 variant has been found in Washtenaw County. How dangerous is it?

Federal health officials are tracking a new variant of COVID-19 that could possibly spread rapidly and not be stopped by...

Detroit Today: How the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way people socialize

It’s been a while since people were social distancing and wearing masks. Are we back to normal? What does "normal"...

Detroit Today: Black Americans have lower life expectancies than others

Through the COVID-19 pandemic up to March 2021, Black Americans died at 1.4 times the rate of white Americans. Overall,...

The effects of long-haul COVID and the remedies

The COVID-19 pandemic has been impacting our lives for nearly three years now. But the last major spike in hospitalizations...

MichMash: Looking back on Michigan’s COVID-19 response and more stories from 2022

 2022 may be in the rearview mirror, but COVID-19 isn't. To wrap up the year, Cheyna Roth and the...

How RSV is impacting children, hospitals in Michigan

While some are still concerned about COVID-19, there is another virus that has been hitting Michiganders hard. RSV, or the...

Michigan’s top doctor worries about a holiday COVID-19 surge

Michigan saw an uptick in COVID-19 cases following the start of the school year and the levels have pretty well...

How Zingerman’s managed its way through the pandemic

This month, Michigan restaurants sound the release of COVID-19 relief funds by the American Rescue Plan Act after a report...

Detroit Evening Report, Aug. 16, 2022: Michigan sees 43% rise in COVID-19 cases from last week

  Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. The...

New book ‘Essential Labor’ explores mothering during the pandemic

Something happened about two years ago that almost never happens in American life. People locked themselves in their homes to...