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When Can We Expect A Coronavirus Vaccine?
By: Joe Palca | NPR
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The race is on. What will it take to develop, test and distribute a safe and effective vaccine?
![Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks remotely Tuesday during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the coronavirus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1212790660-fda689c44b426a1567c666edbd4c8cc47eedee57-scaled-e1589309486129-900x422.jpg)
Fauci Warns States Not to ‘Jump Over’ Guidelines to Reopening
By: Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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The nation’s top infectious disease expert spoke remotely during a unique Senate health committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Smile Mail Shortens Social Distance for Seniors in Nursing Homes
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — COVID-19 related deaths in nursing homes accounts for 40% of all the COVID-19 related deaths in Ohio . Nationwide, COVID-19 related deaths in nursing homes account for… Read More
![A cardboard cutout of Rufus Bobcat wearing a mask outside of College Bookstore in uptown Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rufus-crop-900x422.jpg)
Some Retailers in Athens are Back Open, Others Still Shuttered
By: Michelle Rotuno-Johnson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — In Athens, some businesses have re-opened but others were still closed on Tuesday afternoon. All non-essential businesses in the state have been closed since March because… Read More
![Spiritus Tattoo, a tattoo parlor in Clintonville, is closed as a non-essential business. A sign posted on the storefront window cautions would-be criminals that all valuables have been removed.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/web_clintonville_tattoo_closed-e1589311742583-900x422.jpg)
Massages, Tattoos and Piercings Can Resume May 15
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Massage businesses, tattoo parlors and body art shops will be allowed to reopen in Ohio on May 15, along with hair salons and barbershops. Lt. Gov. Jon… Read More
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Why The Crisis May Make Powerful Corporations Even More Powerful
By: Greg Rosalsky | NPR
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As small businesses scramble for emergency assistance, big businesses get a new program of virtually endless lending from the Fed.
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Jobless Benefits System to Pay Ohio’s 1099, Self-Employed and Other Workers Online
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — This morning brought long-awaited news for the self-employed, independent contractors and 1099 workers in Ohio – the system to pay them jobless benefits is live…. Read More
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ARC Announces COVID-19 Grants for Lenders Helping Small Businesses
By: Emily Allen | WVPB
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVPB) — The Appalachian Regional Commission has announced $3.75 million for banks and other lenders who have lost money during this global coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, the grants are… Read More
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Only Half of 1.1 Million Jobless Claims Have Been Paid
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department Job and Family Services has paid more than $2 billion in unemployment claims to nearly 560,000 Ohioans since mid-March. But that’s only… Read More
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Factory Street Dance Studio Keeps Dancing (Virtually) Amid COVID-19 Crisis
By: Emily Votaw
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Spring is typically a very busy time of year for Factory Street Dance Studio (37 Ohio Avenue, Athens) and their students. Usually the past year of hard work culminates in… Read More
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FRONTLINE’s Unprecedented Documentary Filmed Inside a Hospital Battling COVID-19; Tuesday, May 19 at 10 pm
Inside Italy’s COVID War Tues., May 19, 2020 Streaming at 7 pm at pbs.org/frontline & in the PBS Video App Airing at 10 pm on PBS and on YouTube www.facebook.com/frontline… Read More