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Jo Ingles/Statehouse News BureauThe Ohio Department of Health is tracking both the mosquito-borne West Nile virus and COVID.
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center announced it will be postponing non-emergent, elective surgeries that require an overnight stay beginning January 3, 2021 citing an increase in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. -
State health officials said the ongoing COVID pandemic in Ohio continues to worsen and could do so even more as winter sets in. -
A high number of positive COVID-19 results within the Ohio State men's basketball program has led to the cancellation of their game with Kentucky Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic. -
Games were postponed in the NHL and NBA as stars were sidelined by COVID exposure, while 94 NFL players tested positive since Monday. Now, leagues are moving to strengthen safety measures. -
Nine states have active mask mandates, even as the new variant is quickly moving in on the U.S. Despite their political unpopularity, research shows masks still work and could save lives. -
A day after placing eight players on the COVID list, Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and quarterback Baker Mayfield have also tested positive, along with five other players and a coach. The NFL has not discussed moving Saturday's game, but significant changes to protocols are reportedly being discussed with the players union -
The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen, despite the arrival of vaccines a year ago. -
DeWine said he's opposed to both that and the federal rule requiring businesses to ensure their employees are vaccinated or are tested regularly. -
The research finds that the medicine, called Paxlovid, was effective in preventing hospitalization and death when taken by people with mild to moderate illness within a few days of symptoms. -
Columbus City Schools on Monday started the ambitious effort to eventually vaccinate thousands of students between the age of 5 and 11-years old against COVID-19.
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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.
