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Gilead Lobbying Rose As Interest In COVID-19 Treatment Climbed
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of remdesivir for patients with severe cases of COVID-19. Drugmaker Gilead Sciences’ lobbying hit a new high in the first quarter.
Ohio University Begins Layoffs With 140 Union Workers, Furloughs Likely
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Days after Ohio University’s president sent Tuesday’s Persevering In Uncertain Times email, certain faculty, staff, and students came to understand the gravity of his message. By… Read More
DeWine Forms Working Groups for Next Reopening Phase
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is taking the first step in slowly reopening businesses, beginning with health care procedures and work at dentists’ and veterinarians’ offices. Gov. Mike DeWine says companies… Read More
Suspended Pike County Sheriff Fails to Qualify for Fall Ballot
WAVERLY, Ohio (WOSU) — Pike County voters will choose a new sheriff this November, but one thing is certain—it will not be suspended sheriff Charles Reader. In a Facebook post Friday, Reader… Read More
Prison Workers Union says COVID-19 is Creating Chaotic Conditions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — 23 percent of all confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ohio are prison workers or inmates, and 31 inmates and workers have died. Ohio is the… Read More
In This Together: A PBS American Portrait Special | Friday, May 8 at 9 pm
PBS AMERICAN PORTRAIT SHARES HOW AMERICANS ARE ADAPTING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN NEW BROADCAST SPECIAL, PRODUCED BY RADICALMEDIA, AIRING MAY 8, 2020 PBS and its recently launched crowdsourced… Read More