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cnelson@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Crystal Nelson District Health Department No. 2 Medical Director Mark Hamed answers questions on Wednesday during a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the Alcona County Commission on Aging and Alcona Health Center. LINCOLN — The public was able to get their questions about vaccines and masking answered during a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday. The town hall, hosted by the Alcona County Commission on Aging in conjunction with Alcona Health Center, included panelists from District Health Department No. 2, Alcona Health Center, Alcona County Eme...

COVID-19 risk from touching contaminated surface is less than 1 in 10,000, new CDC study says Updated Apr 08, 2021; Posted Apr 08, 2021 A playground is roped off with caution tape and is closed due to the COVID-19 Virus in Livonia, Michigan, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 (Jeremy Marble | MLive.com)Jeremy Marble | MLive.com Facebook Share If you’re still disinfecting your groceries because of COVID-19, you can stop. The risk of contracting the virus from touching a contaminated surface is actually quite low, the federal Centers of Disease Control said in a new scientific brief released this we...

Michigan’s COVID-19 surge is the worst in the nation. Whitmer is focused on vaccines, not restrictions. Updated 8:34 AM; Today 8:34 AM Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer talks with Detroit Lions Team President and CEO Rod Wood as they walk off the stage after a press conference announcing a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Ford Field in Detroit, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) Facebook Share Last week at an event hosted by the Michigan Chronicle, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did a rare in-person interview. She had been doing most of them remotely due to the risk of...

What that's meant for Steve Hall, health officer at the Central Michigan District Health Department, is having to continually “shift on the fly.” For example, when Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that residents 65 and older would become eligible to get their shots, Hall learned that his department would stop receiving Moderna shipments. So, he put in an order for Pfizer doses, but without having secured access to the necessary cold freezer storage. “Thankfully we have a great relationship with [Central Michigan University] and they offered up [their ultra-cold freezer], so we certai...

Group asks county to defy state coronavirus orders Claims state government is overstepping boundaries with orders FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Page 2 of We the County's letter to the Board of Commissioners, voicing displeasure with how Ann Hepfer has handled the pandemic. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Page 1 of We the County's letter to the Board of Commissioners, voicing displeasure with how Ann Hepfer has handled the pandemic. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less 3of3 BAD AXE — Members of a group called We the County spoke at this week’s Huron County commissioners meeting about...