Gobble, gobble, cough, cough. How to celebrate Thanksgiving without spreading COVID-19

Gobble, gobble, cough, cough. How to celebrate Thanksgiving without spreading COVID-19

November 20, 2021 | When you’re shopping for the turkey, stuffing and the cranberry sauce for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner, there’s one thing health experts say you shouldn’t forget to add to your basket: a rapid coronavirus test kit. Including testing in your Thanksgiving Day plans should be a part of a strategy to help to keep the virus from being an uninvited guest at holiday festivities, health officials say. As is wearing a mask if you’re going to be indoors with people who don’t live in your household, said Elizabeth Hertel, director of the state health department. She issued a statewide public health advisory Friday, recommending masks for all Michiganders older than 2 when indoors.

Gobble, gobble, cough, cough. How to celebrate Thanksgiving without spreading COVID-19

Taylor man declined COVID-19 shot and nearly died. ‘Get vaccinated … it’s a real disease’

November 19, 2021 | Mia Rybski jumped up and down in her multicolored pink coat and teal cowboy boots, the 7-year-old gripping a blue sign with green and orange letters: “”Welcome Home We Love You.”” “”Dad-dy!”” she said excitedly. “”Daddy!”
Seconds later, she ran — her arms spread wide open — into the embrace of her 41-year-old father as he was wheeled out of the DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan in Detroit on Thursday.”

Child COVID vaccines: Here’s how to schedule an appointment in Detroit

Child COVID vaccines: Here’s how to schedule an appointment in Detroit

November 8, 2021 | The city of Detroit is getting ready to start administering COVID-19 vaccinations to children ages 5 to 11 years old following federal authorization for that age group. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Friday detailed the city’s plans to offer vaccines to the newly-eligible children. Duggan says starting Monday, Nov. 8, the city will operate on an appointment-only basis for vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 and 11.

Tips to help make getting a COVID-19 vaccine less scary for kids

Tips to help make getting a COVID-19 vaccine less scary for kids

November 8, 2021 | Families may be able to gather more safely now that the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in children 5-11. Mayo Clinic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices strongly recommend that children 5-11 be vaccinated for COVID-19.