City of Detroit to offer Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Ages 5-11 starting Monday

City of Detroit to offer Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Ages 5-11 starting Monday

November 5, 2021 | The City of Detroit will begin providing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5-11 on Monday, November 8th, 2021, Mayor Mike Duggan announced today. Dosing for children ages 5-11 will be one-third that of adults (10 micrograms vs. 30 micrograms), delivered in a two-dose series three weeks apart. An appointment can be made starting today by calling 313-230-0505.

Meet some Metro Detroit children who rolled up their sleeves to get a COVID-19 vaccine

Meet some Metro Detroit children who rolled up their sleeves to get a COVID-19 vaccine

November 3, 2021 | Families in Metro Detroit are showing up for children to get the COVID-19 vaccine after the CDC recommended that children ages 5-11 get vaccinated. Health officials have said the shots for kids is a major breakthrough. The federal government has made a promise to provide enough vaccine to protect the nation’s kids who are in that age group. The vaccine is one-third the dose given to older children and adults. It’s also administered with kid-sized needles. It requires two doses, three weeks apart. A child will be considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the second dose.

Muskegon hospital officials ‘pleading’ with community to get COVID-19 vaccine

Muskegon hospital officials ‘pleading’ with community to get COVID-19 vaccine

October 21, 2021 | Mercy Health Muskegon officials are urging residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine to ease the strained hospital. Dr. Justin Grill, chief medical officer for Mercy Health Muskegon, said COVID-19 admissions in October were higher than the first surge of the pandemic. “It is important to know that nearly all of our ICU patients are unvaccinated and essentially all of the deaths at our hospital had been in the unvaccinated population,” Grill said during an Oct. 20 press briefing.