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Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration agreed to pay former state health department director Robert Gordon $155,506 in a separation deal that also required the two sides to maintain confidentiality about the circumstances that led to his abrupt departure. The agreement is the clearest evidence yet that the split between Gordon, a central figure in the state's response to COVID-19, and Whitmer was not amicable, and it shows the Democratic administration used taxpayer funds to ease his departure. On Feb. 22, one month after Gordon resigned without explanation, he and Mark T...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan declined an initial allocation of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine this week even as nationwide demand continues to outpace available supply.

Michigan Health Department spokesman Bob Wheaton said some Detroit residents should be able to obtain a J&J vaccine from providers at sites that are not run by the city. Still, the mayor’s comments clashed with a unified message from federal and state officials elsewhere. They say the one-shot J&J vaccine is a powerful tool that is just as good as the other vaccines in that it prevented all hospitalizations and deaths during trials. “There are three approved vaccines from the FDA. They all are safe, they are effective, they prevent severe disease and death,” said White House press secre...

DETROIT -- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan declined an initial allocation of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week even as nationwide demand continues to outpace available supply. Yet in a newly released statement, Duggan said the city will distribute the J&J vaccine once the demand "warranted it and we had our distribution plan in place so we can make it just as accessible to our residents as we have Moderna and Pfizer." Duggan, a Democrat who has been mayor since 2014, previously said he turned down the shipment because the city is able to meet current demand with its ...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is saying no to the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, for now.