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Michigan’s top children’s hospital answering parents question about the vaccine
This story appeared in ABC 12. Read more here. “Were these vaccines developed too fast? How do we know there’s not going to be long term side effects in our children?” That’s just one of the many questions parents are asking Michigan’s #1 children’s hospital on...
Pfizer: COVID vaccine gives ‘robust’ protection for children ages 5 to 11
This story appeared in Bridge. Read more here. A COVID vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 surged closer to reality Monday, when Pfizer announced clinical trial results showing the vaccine is 95 percent effective among that age group. As it stands now, COVID vaccines...
MSU doctors anticipate more flu cases this year. Here’s what you need to know
This story apperaed in the Lansing State Journal. Read more here. Last year, as COVID-19 cases surged to record highs in mid-Michigan and across the country, seasonal flu infections were much lower than normal. Scientists had worried about the possibility of a...
Another respiratory virus, RSV, is surging in Michigan children
This story appeared in Bridge. Read more here. Michigan children have been spared for the most part from the very worst of COVID. But another kind of respiratory illness, which usually doesn’t peak until the winter, is now sending young children to doctor’s offices...
Research confirms no link between COVID-19 vaccines and fertility issues
This story appeared in FOX 17 News. Read more here. Pregnancy is always a journey. Add in a pandemic and the complications multiply. Carly Marquis is the mother of a baby girl named Virginia she had in November of 2020. “I found out I was pregnant right as lockdown...
Don’t Take A Chance With Your Health – Get Vaccinated For Flu Season
This story appeared in UP Healthy Happenings. Read more here. It is hard to believe that in the coming weeks, the temperature will begin its downward trend, and the fall season will already be upon us. This also means that flu season is just around the corner – a...
It’s Time For A Flu Shot. Here’s What You Need To Know
This story appeared in NPR. Read more here. With all the talk about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, it's easy to forget that there's another respiratory virus poised to strike. Yes, it's that familiar winter nemesis, the flu. And there are vaccines to help ward it off...
New Beaumont Health study: COVID-19 hospitalization rare for fully vaccinated
This story appeared in The Detroit Free Press. Read more here. A new study by Beaumont Health indicates emergency department visits and hospitalizations in fully vaccinated adults with breakthrough COVID-19 in its hospitals were rare events, and when hospitalization...
Medical professionals from 21 Michigan healthcare systems urge public to get COVID vaccine
This story appeared in WWMT News. Read more here. Physicians and nurses from 21 health systems across the state, which included a few in West Michigan, warned about a fourth surge in cases and pleaded to the public to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In the open letter...
Michigan hospital official delivers powerful remarks about patients who won’t get COVID vaccine
This story appeared in Click on Detroit. Read more here. An official from a small hospital in Michigan delivered some powerful and passional remarks Thursday about struggling to treat unvaccinated COVID patients while knowing that those patients didn’t do everything...