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This Fall Michiganders will be travelling to the Upper Peninsula to take part in the first cannabis festival that's ever been held publicly in the U.P. Camp Cannabis will be going down October 7th & October 8th

My Take: All Michiganders win by ending food insecurity Phil Knight The worse public health crisis in a century brought us death, hardship and division. Yet out of this despair arose unprecedented opportunities to learn, innovate and grow beyond our own ceilings. The pandemic showed us a glimpse of the depth and breadth of food insecurity across Michigan. It also shed light on how many people live on the brink of food insecurity and offered insights on the resources necessary to create a fo...

rspitza@miningjournal.net MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services officials announced Friday that the state is expanding its vaccination eligibility for residents age 16 and up with disabilities or medical conditions beginning on March 22. In addition, the state also announced that all Michiganders age 16 and up who weren’t previously eligible to receive a vaccine will now be eligible beginning on Monday, April 5. The announcement comes short...

Detroit Free Press Every Michigander 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in April, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state health department said Friday. Starting March 22, anyone 16 and up with a qualifying medical condition will also be eligible.  The news is the latest effort to rapidly expand vaccine eligibility, with the ultimate goal of inoculating enough people in the state to find some normalcy at some point this year.  “The safe COVID-19 vaccine is the most effecti...

More people in Michigan will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, following an...

Michigan expanding access to safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine starting March 8 All Michiganders over age 50 eligible March 22 Midland Daily News FacebookTwitterEmail 1of17 Madison Messner, left, looks over at the injection site where her mother, Erin Messner, who works at Siebert Elementary, center, received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Midland County Community Health Nurse Becky Carlson, right, during a vaccination clinic for local teachers and other school staff Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at ...

State Emergency Operations Center LANSING — Several initiatives to improve access to the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine and ensure equity when it comes to protection from the virus have been announced by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) during the past couple weeks. MDHHS posted race data on the COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard to help track the effects of those efforts and to provide additional information about vaccinations in Michigan. “Ensuring those who are m...

cbleck@miningjournal.net MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s Health Center could be notified any day of its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses. From the point of delivery about 24 hours later, the Vielmetti Health Center must safely store and administer the initial supply within seven days, NMU announced. Staff members and representatives of the university’s COVID-19 response team met last week to coordinate efforts to communicate availability, prioritize and schedule eligi...

rspitza@miningjournal.net LANSING — The Protect Michigan Commission, comprised of bipartisan leaders from across the state, including Marquette City Commissioner Evan Bonsall and Upper Peninsula Health Plan’s Melissa A. Holmquist, held its first meeting on Friday. The commission, which serves as an advisory group to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, was established to focus on equitable distribution of a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine to help save lives and strengthen the economy. “The work of th...