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In Morgan County, in southeast Ohio, there is no hospital and the last doctor retired in 2024. It’s a 45-minute drive to access health care.

In Morgan County, in southeast Ohio, there is no hospital and the last doctor retired in 2024. It’s a 45-minute drive to access health care.

In Morgan County, in southeast Ohio, there is no hospital and the last doctor retired in 2024. It’s a 45-minute drive to access health care.

The Columbus Foundation's 2024 Benchmarking Central Ohio report looks at factors that impact personal prosperity and community wellbeing.

The rise in cases began in June with children as young as 2 years old being infected. Anyone can get walking pneumonia, but doctors usually see it in people above the age of 5.

It's summertime, but that doesn’t mean that respiratory viruses like cold and flu have gone away.

The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, surveyed more than 1,400 Columbus 11 to 17-year-olds between 2014 and 2016

During the week of Feb. 24, there were over 700 flu hospitalizations in the state, with 80 of those in central Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

An inspector found more than half a dozen dead mice, including one underneath the bread slicer in the bakery area, as well as several live mice and droppings.

Ohio researchers compared levels of education, health and income in each of the state’s 88 counties. Suburban areas of the state far outpaced rural communities.