COVID-19 vaccine

Some of the animals at John Ball Zoo will soon be protected as they receive doses of a specially designed COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was created specifically so that it can cross species of animals.

The state of Michigan to offer $5 million as well as thousands in scholarships as an incentive for residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

A pause was put on the vaccine on April 13 after six women developed severe blood clots.

Pfizer says the company may generate as much as 20 million in new local revenue and upwards of 50 million for the region due to the expansion over the next few years. The new plan initially will be assigned to the manufacture of the pain killer Dynastat. It is used primarily as a post-operative medication.

It might be simply that the county website administrators were caught off guard by the timing of today's announcement, but Michigan added another large group of the state's population to the vaccine eligibility list.

To celebrate this victory, a Kalamazoo resident created the perfect t-shirt.

A sure sign of hope in the battle against COVID-19 as Kalamazoo hospitals receive their first shipments of the locally made vaccine.

With the vaccine currently being shipped, here are the phases for its distribution.

The supply of vaccines will continually increase in the weeks and months that follow until everyone is able to receive a vaccine.