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NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Michigan was warned about British COVID-19 variant, but many ignored it Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, and Mohar Chatterjee, Derek Kravitz and Bianca Fortis, Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia Journalism School Local health departments across Michigan started sounding the alarm months ago. A deadlier coronavirus variant that had first ravaged Britain was now here — in metro Detroit, at the University of Michigan, a state prison in Ionia and rural counties in the Thumb region — with doctor...

Depending on where you are, plenty of people are still wearing masks in Sanilac County. It’s a notion that flies in the face of some widely-held assumptions as the Thumb continues to light up dark red on state and national maps charting high per-capita spread of the coronavirus. Ignoring mitigation measures like wearing masks has been among the most mentioned reasons transmission of the virus may be particularly high in the region. In a recent interview, Dr. Annette Mercatante, St. Clair County’s medical health officer, she’s heard “for months, if not longer, that as you go further ...

That's been difficult lately, Hamed said, because hospitals that would have ordinarily taken those patients don't have open beds. "I can tell you right now, all our regional hospitals — Port Huron, Saginaw, Flint — even many in the metro Detroit area were not accepting because they were kind of at capacity themselves. So we had to call ... oh God, I think 14 or 15 hospitals over my last shift to get one to accept, and it was a case-by-case basis," he said.  Dr. John Brooks is the chief medical officer for McLaren Port Huron Hospital. He said he's cautiously optimistic, though the past ...

Health experts hope J&J vaccine pause will build trust in vaccination process Updated 10:23 AM; Today 10:00 AM The Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is prepared during Detroit Health Department's Neighborhood Vaccine Week at Western International High School on Monday, April 12, 2021 in Detroit. Nicole Hester/ MLive.com Facebook Share After federal regulators recommended a pause of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Michigan health leaders hope this transparency builds trust. “The fact that there is transparency about that is a great step,” said Dr. Mark Hamed, a health directo...

Macomb County hospitals reach bed capacity with mix of COVID-19 and medical patients Print McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mt. Clemens is among four statewide hospitals that have reached 100 percent bed occupancy capacity. McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mt. Clemens has reached 100 percent bed occupancy capacity with all 68 rooms in its emergency department full of patients either waiting to be admitted or undergoing treatment. It is one of three hospitals in Macomb County at or exceeding inpatient capacity, according to data provided by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on April 12....