The MHA has been actively fielding and responding to media requests related to the surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the Omicron variant and increasing rates of violence against healthcare workers.
Below is a collection of headlines from around the state that include statements from the MHA.
Thursday, Jan. 6
Tuesday, Jan. 4
- WJR Newsradio 760: Brian Peters ~ The Paul W. Smith Show
- The Detroit News: Michigan’s short-staffed hospitals stressed as hundreds of employees get COVID-19
- The Detroit News: Hundreds of employees test positive for COVID-19, Henry Ford Health says
- Crain’s Detroit Business: Thousands of Michigan health care workers ill or in quarantine as omicron hits state
- The Petoskey News-Review: Health official: ‘I would absolutely say Omicron is here in Northern Michigan’
Monday, Jan. 3
- CNN: Brian Peters ~ New Day
- Second Wave Michigan: With COVID cases peaking, Michigan seeks solutions to health care worker shortage
- Mid-Michigan NOW: Omicron variant causing a rise of pediatric patients testing positive for COVID-19
- Bridge: ‘It’s not letting up’: Omicron fuels surge of Michigan hospitalizations
- The Detroit News: Michigan’s COVID hospitalization tally increases to start 2022
- Michigan Radio: Michigan averages more than 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day as hospitalizations rise
Thursday, Dec. 30
- MLive: Hospital workers reporting increased incidence of violence, verbal abuse as pandemic wears on
- The Detroit News: Michigan reported more COVID-19 deaths in 2021 than 2020 amid vaccine resistance
Wednesday, Dec. 29
Tuesday, Dec. 28
- WKAR Public Media: How many health care workers at Lansing-area hospitals get their flu shots?
Thursday, Dec. 23
- State of Reform: Biden’s COVID-19 plans send emergency medical teams to Michigan
Wednesday, Dec. 22
- State of Reform: Workforce provisions are front and center in the Michigan Legislature and Governor’s office
Tuesday, Dec. 21
- WJR Newsradio 760: Brian Peters ~ The Paul W. Smith Show
- WJR Newsradio 760: Brian Peters ~ All Talk with Jordan and Dietz
- WJR Newsradio 760: Brian Peters ~ The Guy Gordon Show
- Bridge: Michigan nursing home staff shortage raises peril, adds to hospital woes
- Detroit Free Press: As omicron spreads quickly, Beaumont doctor says to consider most vulnerable over holidays
Monday, Dec. 20
- Detroit Free Press: Michigan doctors, nurses report violence, hostility amid COVID-19 surge
Members with questions on COVID-19 efforts and resources should contact Ruthanne Sudderth, and any questions regarding media requests should be directed to John Karasinski at the MHA.