Bruce Vanderhoff

The Ohio Department of Health reports the number of cases now rivals last winter's surge.

Hospitalizations are up too and doctors fear some facilities might be nearing capacity soon.

Doctors with children’s hospitals in Ohio said they are seeing an increase in respiratory viruses at the same time COVID cases are increasing.

State health leaders are preparing to offer booster shots to healthy Ohioans who are eight months out from their last Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose. That has some people asking if COVID vaccine booster shots will become permanent.

The head of the Ohio Department of Health said people who think they have COVID or may have been exposed to it can easily get at-home test kits.

With Central Ohio K-12 schools starting throughout the month, each district is setting its own COVID-19 policies to make sure they can begin the year on the right foot.

COVID cases continue to climb in Ohio, and many school districts have mandated students and teachers wear masks inside buildings, including the state’s largest districts. But what about those districts that have not done that? The Ohio Department of Health’s incoming director explains parents should have their children wear masks anyway.

Ohio is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant with a startling number of younger people getting sick, state health officials said Thursday.

For the third time in less than a year, the Ohio Department of Health has a new director, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, who has already helped the state navigate the pandemic.

Less than 50% of Ohioans are fully vaccinated. Data from Ohio’s Department of Health show a staggering difference between serious COVID cases in unvaccinated and vaccinated Ohioans.