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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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The Justice Department argues that the order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early 2021 "falls easily within the CDC's statutory authority." -
Health officials are encouraging residents to test before they gather with family and friends. -
Residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the 2020 election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those living in areas that went for President Biden. -
It has been a wild ride for graduating high school seniors. After a normal freshman year, their worlds were turned upside down during their sophomore years when the pandemic hit. -
Despite the nation reaching the grim milestone of 1 million COVID deaths, ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff says Ohio is doing "well" compared to previous spikes. -
The virus became the third leading cause of death in the U.S., and caused so many to die in the prime of life that the country experienced the biggest drop in life expectancy since World War II. -
The Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine to enable kids ages 5 to 11 who were vaccinated at least five months ago to get a third shot. -
Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks. -
Tree pollen counts are especially high in Northeast Ohio, with grass pollen -
We asked experts from around the world: What would they like to see on the agenda for this virtual event. Their ideas include fair pay for all health workers — and a makeover for foreign aid.
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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.
