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![An NPR investigation has identified more than 30 medical practices in more than a dozen states promoting unproven claims that the drug thymosin alpha-1, which is administered via injection, can prevent or treat COVID-19.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gettyimages-1227795005-f34ac50d46f1db12b30b38c451b80b7e8f00f1c6-scaled-e1602537067950-900x422.jpg)
Web Of ‘Wellness’ Doctors Promote Injections Of Unproven Coronavirus Treatment
By: Tom Dreisbach | NPR
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An NPR investigation has identified a web of more than 30 medical practices and compounding pharmacies in over a dozen states that have made claims about thymosin alpha-1 online and on social media.
![Ohio University's Cutler Hall on the first day of the semester.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OU-Image-scaled-e1599491277344-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University Projections Show Millions In Deficits
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University is looking at a more than $290 million budget deficit over the next five years if revenue and expenses are not brought into closer… Read More
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Joe Morgan, Big Red Machine Hall of Famer, Dies At 77
By: Joe Kay | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Morgan, the Hall of Fame second baseman who became the sparkplug of the Big Red Machine and the prototype for baseball’s artificial turf era, has died…. Read More
![A banner over Court St. in Athens urges people to wear masks.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Image-from-iOS-scaled-e1596476363128-900x422.jpg)
Athens Co. Confirms 13 COVID-19 Cases For October 12
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 1,027 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after 13 cases were confirmed Monday. The Athens City-County Health Department… Read More
![In this Wednesday, April 7, 2010, file photo, Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan acknowledges the crowd after throwing out a ceremonial first pitch prior to the Reds' baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, in Cincinnati.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP20286551716785-e1602525561297-900x422.jpg)
Joe Morgan, Driving Force Of Big Red Machine, Dies At 77
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan has died. A family spokesman says he died at his home Sunday in Danville, California. Morgan was suffering from… Read More
![A voter shows her absentee ballot to Franklin County Board of Elections Director Ed Leonard (left) before putting it in the ballot drop box on the last day of weekend early voting before the March 2020 primary.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/voter_wants_to_drop_off_ballot-e1596726159609-900x422.jpg)
Near Record Number of Voters Registered In Ohio For 2020 Election
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are now more registered voters in Ohio than in the last dozen years, but the total didn’t set a record. There are 8,073,417… Read More
![Lexington firefighters Joshua Slugantz, Brandon Mobley and Andy Kenner at the UK Samaritan Hospital in Lexington.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Firefighters-scaled-e1602511613636-900x422.jpg)
COVID-19 Costs Ohio Valley Hospitals Billions, Putting Some Rural Hospitals At Risk Of Closing
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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GREENUP COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — In April, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Greenup County, Kentucky, joined a long list of hospitals that have closed in the Ohio Valley. Fewer hospitals can… Read More
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Legacy Leaving and Memoir Writing: Narrating the Life-Limiting Experience of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
How do you reframe a terminal disease as a life-limiting experience? In this episode of Defining Moments, guest host Dr. Erika Kirby speaks with Dr. Chad McBride and Dr…. Read More
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Six-Part Comedic Drama “THE TROUBLE WITH MAGGIE COLE” Begins October 18 at 8 pm
New Six-Part Comedic Drama THE TROUBLE WITH MAGGIE COLE Premieres Sunday, October 18 on PBS Series Looks at How Idle Gossip Can Become Salaciously Damaging in a Close-Knit Community … Read More