COVID-19 vaccination

Flu season is approaching and state health officials are hoping four million residents get a vaccine

While Kent County has higher vaccination rates compared to most of the state, KCHD Immunizations Supervisor, Amy Shears, said a continued local decline may allow diseases that were once considered eradicated to reemerge.

Michigan officials expect omicron variant to sweep state.

More than 4,500 people, most of them unvaccinated, were hospitalized in Michigan with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases as of Wednesday.

The Kent County Health Department has recorded the highest positivity rate since the pandemic began.

We talk to Dr. Lee Savio Beers.

University confronting the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant with a mask and stringent vaccination policy.

Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health will require employees receive COVID-19 vaccinations once the Food and Drug Administration fully approves them.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention track COVID-19 infection rates. In Grand Rapids, nine of the top 10 zip codes hardest hit by COVID-19…