Vaccine arrives at Sparrow and McLaren hospitals
The first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived Thursday at Sparrow Hospital and McLaren Greater Lansing. Staff began vaccinating immediately, with Sparrow receiving 1950 doses and plans to inoculate five staff that afternoon and 500 more Friday. MDHHS outlined phased rollout while urging continued masking and distancing.
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Sparrow
Lansing
Sparrow Hospital
McLaren Greater
Belding
Liz Potter
McLaren
Michigan Department of Health and Human
Matthew Dae Smith
Lansing State Journal
Sparrow Healthcare
Todd Belding
Michigan extends SNAP benefits through December
Michigan will continue extra food stamp aid through December with Bridge Card payments by December 21 to 30. About 350,000 households will see increases. current SNAP caseloads reach over 1.2 million statewide. The supplements, funded by the Families First Act, do not require reapplication and target households by size.
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Michigan
Gretchen Whitmer
MDHHS
Amy Leang
Detroit Free Press
MSU students exhaust COVID relief fund quickly
MSU students and Associated Students of MSU allocated about 100000 toward the Support Our Spartans Emergency Needs Fund to aid students affected by COVID-19. The fund, combined with Residence Halls donations, topped 265000 but was depleted by early April as students faced losses in jobs, rent, and the cost of living.
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Mark Johnson
Lansing State Journal
Lansing
Michigan State University
Associated Students
MSU
Our Spartans
ASMSU
MSU Student Affairs and Services
Terrence
Frazier
Abu-Tah Bih
Cameroon
Our Spartans Fund
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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Bih
Sparty
Anna Nichols
First Congregational Church
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Jervices
Sarah Terlouw
Carolingham
Hoffman