Detroit Health Department Recommends Masks Indoors As City Reaches High COVID-19 Level

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/18 8:41A Health – CBS Detroit

DETROIT (CBS DETROIT) The Detroit Health Department is recommending masks indoors as the city reaches a high COVID-19 community level. Detroit officials say the city s level increased from medium and high. They say COVID transmission is...

City Of Detroit Offering COVID Treatment

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/17 10:39A Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) – Rapid testing, on-site evaluations and prescription medications. That s what the City of Detroit is now offering to residents to help curb COVID cases. What we ve added to that is the ability to assess a person who has a positive...

FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Shots For Children Ages 5 To 11

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/17 5:11A Health – CBS Detroit

(CNN) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series. Pfizer...

Ferndale Schools District Reinstating Face Masks Starting This Week

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/16 4:14P Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) Ferndale Public Schools district reinstated its masks mandate indoors for students and staff beginning Monday. In an announcement on the district s website , the decision came the school officials were informed of high COVID...

Ford, GM, Stellantis Reinstate Masks At Facilities In Areas With ‘High’ COVID Risk

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/16 4:11P Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT)   Detroit s Big Three automakers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis are reinstating their company mask mandates in counties where there is a high COVID level. This comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

As COVID Cases Rise In SE Michigan, City Of Detroit Now Offers Test To Treat Program

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/16 11:00A Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) Southeast Michigan is once again a hot spot for COVID cases, according to the Center for Disease Control Macomb, Oakland, Wayne, Livingston and Washtenaw counties all under a high community COVID transmission level. “I kinda...

Michigan Officials Coordinate Statewide Response To Baby Formula Shortage

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/16 7:00A Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that Michigan is taking action to address the baby formula shortage. Officials say multiple agencies, including the Michigan Department of Health...

CDC Recommends Masks In These Michigan Counties Due To High COVID-19 Levels

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/13 8:36A Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending masks indoors in public in counties with a high COVID-19 community level . In Michigan, that applies to 16 counties,...

US Overdose Deaths Hit Record 107,000 Last Year, CDC Says

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/11 9:17A Health – CBS Detroit

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the nation s escalating overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Wednesday. The provisional 2021...

After Suffering From Depression, Mrs. Michigan Continental Worldwide Uses Platform To Raise Mental...

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/9 1:00P Health – CBS Detroit

(CBSDETROIT) She’s smart, beautiful, ambitious, and what some may not know is Mrs. Michigan Continental Worldwide and former Mrs. Detroit Latrice Delgado-Mason, once suffered from depression. “My mental health was me just being silent or me not...

CDC Investigating Over 100 Cases Of Unexplained Hepatitis In Children, Including 5 Deaths

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/6 9:34A Health – CBS Detroit

(CNN) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it s investigating 109 cases of severe and unexplained hepatitis in children in 25 states and territories that may be linked to a worldwide outbreak. Among them, 14% needed...

Beaumont Doctor Seeing Large Increase In Flu Cases

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/4 10:13A Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) Doctors in Metro Detroit say there’s something going around, and its not COVID. “First thing we think is COVID, so it was negative so the next thing I called my doctor, he said he says wow I just had the same symptoms,”...

Planet Fitness Offers Teens Free Summer Gym Access

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/3 4:24P Health – CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) Planet Fitness announced Monday it is offering teens free access to its facilities this summer. The national franchise announced The High School Summer Pass Initiative, allowing students ages 14 to 19 to participate. As the leader...

CDC Restates Recommendation For Masks On Planes, Trains

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/3 10:06A Health – CBS Detroit

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation. Americans age...

VP Kamala Harris Tests Negative For COVID, Will Return To White House On Tuesday

CBS Detroit (Health) 5/2 8:54A Health – CBS Detroit

(CNN) Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday, the vice president s spokesperson said in a statement, nearly a week after she tested positive. Harris will return to the White House on Tuesday, her spokesperson Kirsten...