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Jan 11, 2021 5:22 PM
Governor Gretchen Whitmer during a press conference on November 10, 2020. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting permission to directly purchase up to 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the State of Michigan.
Governor Whitmer also noted that since she and eight other governors sent a letter to the Trump Administration requesting that they distribute the millions of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses that are currently being held back, she has not received a response.
January 12, 2021
As New Mexico looks to move to phase 1B of its COVID-19 vaccination plan, nearly 400,000 New Mexicans have signed up to get their name on the list, Health Secretary-designate Dr. Tracie Collins said in a press conference Monday.
As of Monday, and citing information from 81 percent of providers, Collins said the state had received more than 170,000 doses from the federal government despite a rocky process on the federal level and administered 78,143 of those doses, including more than 30,000 in the last week.
Those who qualify for a vaccination “will receive a notification when a vaccine is available at a nearby location” and be able to set up an appointment, Collins said.
On Monday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting permission to purchase up to 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines for the state.
Michigan resident with autism completes White House internship, plans to continue advocacy work
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
Michigan native Xavier DeGroat, founder and CEO of the Xavier DeGroat Autism Foundation, poses with Chief White House Photographer Shealah Craighead. DeGroat recently completed an internship at the White House. (Courtesy photo)
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Xavier DeGroat has long advocated for policy changes to help people with autism and that work ultimately landed him an internship at the White House.
The Michigan resident, CEO and founder of the Xavier DeGroat Autism Foundation, recently completed a White House internship and believes he is the first person with autism to participate in the program.
The US set a record Tuesday for the most Covid-19 deaths reported in one day since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.