Columbus Public Health

Homicides are happening at a record pace in Columbus this year. With that kind of violence demanding attention, it could be easy to miss a rash of accidental shootings. Police have reported seven such shootings this year, five just since the beginning of March. One organization is giving out free gun lockboxes to help curb accidental shootings.

Columbus government and health officials do not want to close businesses amid an increase in COVID-19 diagnoses.

Ohio officials have called a halt to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least temporarily, but sites administering other vaccines will still be available.

Vaccine eligibility opens up Monday for everyone in Ohio age 16 or older.

As Ohio began to tally up the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the pandemic last spring, a pattern became clear: Black and Brown…

Ohio's restrictions and guidelines around COVID-19 have changed tremendously since the governor issued his first public health orders last March. As part…

Columbus Public Health is making efforts to vaccinate impoverished and displaced people through mobile vaccination clinics.“We knew that not everyone…

Columbus and Franklin County health officials are preparing for phase 1B of the coronavirus vaccine rollout, which the state says will begin next…

Betsy Baugh was in an addiction recovery program in 2018. She says she instantly made friends with a woman there."You meet so many different people from…

The city of Columbus is issuing a "stay at home" advisory starting Friday, urging residents to avoid inessential activities in order to stop the spread of…