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Ohio Senate leaders look back on state’s redistricting saga
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s redistricting saga, along with the election season, meant a lot of the top legislative issues were left on the cutting room floor by… Read More
Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help
By: Laura Benshoff | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) — In 2020, Lauren Brown, of Upper Darby, Pa., had a high-risk pregnancy. She was past 35-years-old, had high blood pressure, and had a previous blood clot… Read More
Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say
By: Jon Hamilton | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — One of the hottest tickets at this year’s Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego was a session on psychedelic drugs. About 1,000 brain scientists squeezed… Read More
Sports betting will be legal in Ohio starting January 1
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – Sports betting will be legal in Ohio at the beginning of the new year. State regulators have been working for months to approve licenses… Read More
Researchers say time is an illusion. So why are we all obsessed with it?
By: Geoff Brumfiel | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — America’s official time is kept at a government laboratory in Boulder, Colo., and according to the clock at the entrance, I was seven minutes behind schedule…. Read More
Updated COVID booster shots reduce the risk of hospitalization, CDC reports
By: Ashley Ahn | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — New bivalent COVID booster shots are more effective at reducing risk of hospitalization than boosters of the original vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More
People addicted to opioids rarely get life-saving medications. That may change.
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Doctors and researchers have known for decades that safe, easy-to-use medications are a game-changer for people addicted to opioids. Buprenorphine and methadone reduce cravings for opioids… Read More
Dark chocolate might have health perks, but should you worry about lead in your bar?
By: Ashley Ahn | NPR
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Dark chocolate has long been touted as having health benefits. We’ve been told it can improve our moods, decrease inflammation and even increase blood flow. But some researchers are now… Read More
Ohio Senate removes invasive exam language from transgender athlete ban
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – An Ohio Senate committee has approved changes to the bill that bans transgender athletes from participating on girls’ sports teams to no longer include… Read More
Factory workers across the U.S. say they were exposed to asbestos on the job
By: Kathleen McGrory | Neil Bedi | NPR | ProPublica
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MCINTOSH, Alabama (NPR/ProPublica) — When LaTunja Caster started working at the Olin Corp. chemical plant outside of McIntosh, Alabama, she had no idea that asbestos was used in the production… Read More
The cutting edge solution to rising debt? Paying in cash
By: Stacey Vanek Smith | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Meet the new personal finance revolution: cash. A growing number of Gen Z and Millennial debtors are getting a handle on their finances by spending actual… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2022 general election results Fairfield County
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Fairfield County. Republican Jeffrey Fix earned a position as County Commissioner, with 65.72%… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2022 general election results for Vinton County
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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VINTON COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Vinton County. Republican Tim Eberts earned a position as Vinton County Commissioner, with… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2022 general election results for Meigs County
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Meigs County. Republican Zachary B. Manuel earned a position as County Commissioner, with… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2022 general election results for Washington County
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Washington County. Voters in the Village of Beverly approved a proposed municipal income… Read More
Here are the unofficial 2022 general election results for Athens County
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Athens County. Democrat Lenny Eliason earned a position as County Commissioner with 52%… Read More
Here are the 2022 general election results for Hocking County
By: WOUB Staff Writer
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HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – Here are the unofficial results for contested races and local issues in Hocking County. Republican Jessica Dicken earned a position as Hocking County Commissioner with… Read More
Ohio Election 2022: Voters will see two ballot issues on bail and non-citizen voting
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters will see two statewide issues in the November election which were placed on the Ohio ballot by state legislators through two joint resolutions,… Read More
False information is everywhere. ‘Pre-bunking’ tries to head it off early
By: Shannon Bond | NPR
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Officials in Ann Arbor, Mich., Union County, N.C., and Contra Costa County, Calif., are posting infographics on social media urging people to “think critically” about what they see and share… Read More
Officials are leaving jobs at Ohio boards of elections, often to escape frustration and threats
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections offices have lost a large number of professional elections workers in the last few years, even as they’re… Read More
Those fake active shooter calls to schools? A similar thing happened before
By: Jenna McLaughlin | NPR, Odette Yousef | NPR
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (NPR) — Just before 3 p.m. on a sunny Friday in September, police in Chillicothe, Ohio, received a message from dispatch: an active shooter had reportedly injured 24… Read More
Children’s hospitals grapple with a nationwide surge in RSV infections
By: Vanessa Romo | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — An unseasonably early spike in respiratory syncytial virus cases among young children is pushing some hospitals to capacity. RSV, as it’s called, is a respiratory virus… Read More
The trial of a Charleston man accused of killing Kane Roush starts Monday
By: Curtis Feder
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MEIGS, Ohio (WOUB) – A Charleston man is set to face trial Monday for the Easter 2021 murder of former Wahama football star Kane Roush. Jaquan Hall, 22, is charged… Read More
Ohio congressional delegation, other state leaders banned from traveling to Russia
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) A list of nearly a thousand Americans and Canadians banned from traveling to Russia includes all 16 Ohio members of Congress and both the state’s… Read More
Hydrogen may be a climate solution. There’s debate over how clean it will truly be
By: Reid Frazier | The Allegheny Front
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HANNIBAL, Ohio (The Allegheny Front) — At an industrial site on the banks of the Ohio River, a big blue building with pipes coming in and out of it could… Read More
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