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A judge orders the state to ask feds for $900M in COVID unemployment benefits for 300,000 Ohioans
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio must try to get back around a billion dollars in pandemic unemployment benefits from the federal government and distribute it to Ohioans who have… Read More
Free vaccine clinic, Thurs., Oct. 10, 9 to 11am, Athens Community Center
It’s time to protect yourself against influenza and COVID. A free vaccine clinic for the community, sponsored by Shrivers Pharmacy, The Athens Village, and the Athens Senior Center, will be… Read More
COVID infections spike, raising concerns of another summer surge
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — A COVID summer wave has spread across most of the U.S. and western states are seeing particularly high numbers of infections. With more people traveling for… Read More
What to know about new COVID variants and the spread of bird flu and measles
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Hospitalizations for COVID are at an all-time low four years after the start of the pandemic, but new variants are in circulation. Meanwhile, bird flu has… Read More
CDC advisers back the broad rollout of new COVID boosters
By: Scott Hensley | Rob Stein | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed the broad use of new COVID-19 vaccines, as cases of the respiratory illness rise…. Read More
Updated COVID shots are coming. They’re part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another scary virus called RSV are rolling… Read More
Pandemic burnout worsens nursing shortages in hospitals across U.S.
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The national nursing shortage dates back decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed it to crisis levels. One study predicts that in the next two years, there… Read More
After pandemic pet boom, owners struggle with rising costs of veterinary care
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Millions of Americans became pet owners during the pandemic. Today, around 70 percent of U.S. households now have pets, but many owners struggle to cover the… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court rules insurance doesn’t cover business COVID losses
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a business’s insurance policy doesn’t cover the income it lost when the governor ordered a shutdown early in the… Read More
The FDA clears updated COVID-19 vaccines for kids under age 5
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — U.S. regulators on Thursday cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than age 5. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision aims to better… Read More
Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the ‘tripledemic’ rages
By: Juliana Kim | NPR
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Public health officials are revisiting the topic of indoor masking, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses take hold during the holiday season. Over the past few weeks, a surge in… Read More
Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds
By: Sequoia Carrillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – Math and reading scores for students across the country are down following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic. On Monday, the National Assessment of Educational… Read More
Alexander aims for its first normal school year since the start of the pandemic
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Classes. Standardized tests. Driving to school. That’s what was on the minds of students at Alexander Junior High/High School after the first week of… Read More
“Tired” local health care systems weather the latest surge of COVID-19
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Hospitals in Southeast Ohio are feeling the strain of the latest wave of COVID-19, as many facilities near capacity and wait times for hospital transfers increase. … Read More
The current COVID wave is affecting nearly everything in Ohio right now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Much of the attention in recent days has been focused on Ohio’s hospitals that have been overwhelmed because of COVID patients. Ohio Gov. Mike… Read More
Holzer And O’Bleness Respond To Understaffing And High COVID Numbers With Familiar Pandemic Protocols
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Southeast Ohio, causing local health care systems to be stretched thin and re-institute early 2020 pandemic protocols. Holzer Health Systems… Read More