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Photo courtesy of the CDCCOVID is surging, but new vaccines have been approved. Here’s what to know -
Jo Ingles/Statehouse News BureauThe Ohio Department of Health is tracking both the mosquito-borne West Nile virus and COVID.
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Ohio State University is now offering drive-thru COVID tests at a new testing location on the first floor of the American Chemical Society parking garage. -
The U.S. will soon mark two years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country, and the number of new infections has never been higher. Meanwhile, travelers are facing canceled flights. -
The authorization comes in the midst of an explosion of COVID-19 cases nationwide driven by the omicron variant — a surge that has brought a spike in pediatric hospitalizations. -
One bartender tells WVXU when the pandemic started, some of his favorite spots began to look like ghost towns. He and others are worried that could happen again. -
As COVID-19 infections surge across Ohio to levels not seen since last winter, many residents are using at-home self-administered tests to determine whether it's safe to go to work or gather for holiday celebrations. -
Medical professionals say it’s true that having COVID gives you some immunity, but doesn’t make you impervious to being re-infected later. In fact, the state’s health department is tracking cases of re-infection. -
As COVID-19 infections surge across Northeast Ohio to levels not seen since last winter, many residents are using at-home self-administered tests to determine whether it's safe to go to work or gather for holiday celebrations. -
Paxlovid and molnupiravir have been authorized for emergency use to keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital, but don't expect to be able to go to your usual pharmacy and get them. -
The hospital leaders asked officials at the state's more than 600 school districts to consider asking kids to wear masks when they return from the holiday break next week. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentResearchers at The Ohio State University said they have confirmed COVID-19 infections in wild white-tailed deer in six locations in Northeast Ohio.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff says COVID-19 rates have increased in recent weeks, but they are increasing from historically low levels. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentA new respiratory syncytial virus vaccine approved by the FDA Monday is now being recommended by the CDC and could be available by mid-October. -
After vaccines became widely available in 2021, "the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters," Yale researchers say. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe federally funded Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program was created to support families who count on free and reduced-cost lunch programs when schools went virtual in 2020. The program ends with the current school year. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe fears of a "triple threat" of the three respiratory viruses hitting all at once in Ohio may have subsided, but health officials say there’s still concern about the future when it comes to COVID, the flu and RSV. -
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation's approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant. -
The expiration date printed on the free COVID-19 test distributed by the federal government may not be telling the full story. The FDA earlier this year approved a request from the manufacturer to extend expiration dates. -
Updated COVID boosters are now available for anyone age 12 or older. The CDC is urging anyone who is eligible to sign up but some vaccine experts say some people might want to wait. -
Pfizer has submitted data on its bivalent COVID-19 booster shot that specifically targets the latest omicron subvariants. If authorized, the company says the shots could be ready as soon as September.
