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![Former Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton points at a chart as she talks about "flattening the curve" of COVID patients so hospitals aren't overwhelmed, on March 11, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-38-e1713535231960-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules the state death database with names and addresses isn’t a public record
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A state death database with information from death certificates including causes of death along with names and addresses is not a public record. The… Read More
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What Montana’s TikTok ban means for the popular social media app and its users
By: Amma Nawaz | Ali Schmitz | Saher Khan | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Montana became the first state to ban TikTok, citing fears that the app’s Chinese-owned parent company could be providing Americans’ data to the Chinese government. Montana could… Read More
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The world generates so much data that new unit measurements were created to keep up
By: Ashley Ahn | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – As ever more digital data is created and stored, the world needs more unit measurements to keep up with the ever-expanding numbers. To do so, the… Read More
![A health care worker conducts a test at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Zoo Miami last Wednesday in Miami. In response to the increasing demand for COVID-19 tests, Miami-Dade County opened two new testing sites and expanded hours at the Zoo Miami testing location.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gettyimages-1361791992-4f5ad9c431e6aaa15401ef8c2f95a43c7700ff21-scaled-e1641316128865-900x422.jpg)
These are the numbers health officials are watching at this point in the pandemic
By: Mary Louise Kelly | Megan Lim | Christopher Intagliata | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. is now averaging more than 400,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. This comes after a week where new case counts shattered the previous day’s… Read More
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Why Ohio’s data privacy bill is on hold for now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers are considering a bill that’s meant to protect data of Ohioans. The legislation spells out who can access data and how they… Read More
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Southeast Ohio Has A High Rate Of Fatal Crashes, But The Reasons Why Remain Elusive
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Southeast Ohio has a high number of fatal traffic crashes relative to the state overall, and this year is on track to be one of the… Read More
![Remnants of the COVID-19 Pandemic are seen in Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. [Joseph Scheller | WOUB]](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/071321_CovidStock_0242-scaled-e1632322721402-900x422.jpg)
Is The Worst Over? Modelers Predict A Steady Decline In COVID Cases Through March
By: Rob Stein | Carmel Wroth | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Americans may be able to breathe a tentative sigh of relief soon, according to researchers studying the trajectory of the pandemic. The delta surge appears to… Read More
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Ohio Is Changing The Way It Handles COVID-19 Death Data
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health is making major changes to the system it uses for recording COVID-19 deaths. This comes weeks after it was… Read More
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Ohio Valley ReSource Adds Important Measures To Ohio COVID Data Tracker
By: Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The Ohio Valley ReSource has expanded its COVID Data Tracker to include more measures to help you better understand the spread of coronavirus in Ohio, including the… Read More
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Ohio Identifies Dozens of Overpayments Using New Data Tool
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has used a new data tool to identify dozens of duplicate payments made by state government offices since the start of the year. A pilot review… Read More
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Data Center Lets Kentuckians Track Higher Education System
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Council on Postsecondary Education says the public launch of a comprehensive data center will enable Kentuckians to track progress in the state’s higher education system…. Read More
![UK Biobank has granted 10,000 qualified scientists access to its large database of genetic sequences and other medical data, but other organizations with databases have been far more restrictive in giving access.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gettyimages-1161024139-e6fcda92d4179ba5b609df706bff467480d5d9ae-e1567780519356-900x422.jpg)
How Should Scientists’ Access To Health Databanks Be Managed?
By: Richard Harris | NPR
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Medical and genetic data from more than a million Americans are now in scientific databases. Some programs hoard the data, while others share widely with scientists, hoping to speed medical discovery.