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The COVID situation in Ohio is not great. It’s expected to worsen in the coming weeks
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The positive case and hospitalization numbers right now are rivaling what was seen in Ohio last winter. Ohio Dept of Health Director Dr. Bruce… Read More
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The good and bad news when it comes to COVID in Ohio right now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State health leaders say COVID hospitalizations are the highest they’ve been since January before vaccines were widely available. And Ohio Department of Health Director… Read More
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Top Doctors Issue A Dire Warning For Unvaccinated Ohioans
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After falling to levels not seen in over a year, COVID-19 cases in Ohio have more than doubled in the past couple of weeks due… Read More
![The numerals in the illustration show the main mutation sites of the delta variant first detected in India, which is likely the most contagious version of the coronavirus. Here, the virus' spike protein (red) binds to a receptor on a human cell (blue). New research sheds light on what makes this variant so transmissible.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sciencesource_ss1251573-edit-3cdc5d784e396e880bf1807e018d5e48549f1cdb-scaled-e1626100194660-900x422.jpg)
Why The Delta Variant Is So Contagious: A New Study Sheds Light
By: Michaeleen Doucleff | NPR
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New research from China suggests people infected with the delta variant have, on average, about 1,000 times more virus in their respiratory tracts than people infected with the original strain.