With warmer weather comes more time outdoors and increased tick activity across Ottawa County. While most tick bites are harmless, some ticks can transmit serious diseases like Lyme disease. Ticks spread disease through their bites. Not every tick carries disease, but...
Now that summer is here, we all need to be on the lookout for ticks—which become most active when the weather is above 40 degrees. Ticks can spread diseases when they bite other animals or humans by spreading germs that cause a variety of infections, including Lyme...
Eli King was nine years old when he went for a routine school vision screening at Grand Haven Public Schools. His mother, Kali, described the then-3rd grader as fun-loving and active. At the time, she said he showed no signs of vision loss, so she was surprised when...
Additional COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7. cases identified in Ottawa County The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) notified the Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH) that the MDHHS Bureau of Laboratories identified the COVID-19 variant...