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Groups have sued over West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s order on religious exemptions for school vaccines
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two groups filed a lawsuit Friday over an executive order by West Virginia Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey granting religious exemptions from required school vaccines. The American… Read More
An Ohio bill aims to replace lead pipes that service water lines over the next 15 years
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House Rep. Dontavius Jarrells know first hand the importance of removing lead pipes from Ohio’s public drinking water systems — he suffered from lead… Read More
A Toledo Blade investigation revealed radioactivity in the rural Ohio village of Luckey’s water
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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LUCKEY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — For decades, a massive Cold War-era plant created weapons next to the small northwest Ohio village of Luckey. Residents of the rural community have… Read More
Ohioans brace for possible Medicaid cuts
By: Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence | Ideastream Public Media
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Stacks and stacks of plastic storage bins fill the closets, cupboards and corners of Casey Daulbaugh’s home in Bowling Green. She keeps them… Read More
A court in West Virginia declined to answer whether opioids distribution can cause a public nuisance
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Supreme Court on Monday declined to answer a federal court’s question in an appeal in a landmark lawsuit over whether the distribution of opioids… Read More
Nurses want Ohio lawmakers to provide a remedy to staffing shortages and violent workplaces
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nurses are calling for a code red alarm for Ohio, and gathered at the Statehouse Thursday to urge lawmakers to pass legislation to improve nursing… Read More
A bipartisan bill aims to protect Ohioans with medical debt from disastrous consequences
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan bill would help Ohioans with medical debt pay it off without losing their homes or incomes or leaving their credit rating in… Read More
Ohio researchers develop ‘glasses for your nose’ after an uptick in cases of smell loss
By: Allie Vugrincic | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — In the throes of the pandemic, people started noticing something odd: an uptick of negative reviews of scented candles, claiming they had no fragrance. The trend… Read More
US health officials want to phase out artificial dyes from the food supply
By: Jonel Aleccia | Matthew Perrone | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials say they will urge foodmakers to phase out petroleum-based artificial dyes in the nation’s food supply, but stopped short of promising a formal ban and offered… Read More
The Ohio House budget changes abortion reporting requirements to get more patient information
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health produces the Ohio Abortion Report each year that gives information about abortions being performed during a calendar year. A new provision in… Read More
Measles cases rise to 20 in Ohio. Here’s what to know about outbreaks around the US
By: Devi Shastri | AP
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KNOX COUNTY, Ohio (AP) — A measles outbreak in Knox County, Ohio, grew to 14 cases this week, with the state’s overall count in double digits across four counties. The U.S…. Read More
States move to ban or restrict the use of synthetic dyes used in candies and cereal
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Synthetic dyes used to make brightly colored cereals, drinks and candies are coming under scrutiny in states across the country, where lawmakers say the federal government… Read More
A new measles outbreak sickens 10 in Ohio as measles cases in Kansas double to 23
By: Devi Shastri | AP
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ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio (AP) — Health officials in Ohio say a single case of measles identified in Ashtabula County has spread to nine others. And a measles outbreak in Kansas… Read More
The Ohio Department of Health responded to a complaint over an abortion drugs website
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health can’t take action against a website offering information about abortion drugs via telehealth, according to that agency’s response to… Read More
Repurposed wheelchairs and hospital beds are bridging Ohio’s rural health care gaps
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Ed Newman enjoys his weekly drives, darting from hospitals in eastern Washington County to nursing homes on Ohio’s southern border. He sees it… Read More
West Virginia’s Senate OKs a bill allowing for religious and philosophical vaccine exemptions
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia senators voted to dismantle one of the nation’s strictest school vaccination policies Friday by greenlighting an exemption for families who say mandated inoculations conflict… Read More
Quitting vaping is hard. New research shows quitline coaching helps
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — In an effort to identify ways to help young people who are quitting vaping, researchers at Ohio State University launched a study. They recruited more than… Read More
Ohio leads the nation in bird flu cases. What’s being done about it?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is leading the nation in cases of bird flu. That’s potentially a big hit to the state, the second-largest producer of eggs in… Read More
New FDA rules aim to redefine what’s considered ‘healthy’
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The Food and Drug Administration has issued new rules for food labels for the first time in three decades, an update the agency says will help… Read More
How will Ohio replace its 750,000 lead-based water lines?
By: Becca Costello | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — New federal rules went into effect last month that require utilities to replace all water lines made out of lead within the next decade. That will be a… Read More
Despite improvements, Ohio still has among the worst infant mortality rates in the nation
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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AKRON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — A decade ago, one ZIP code in Akron had the highest infant mortality rate in the country. The rest of Ohio wasn’t faring much… Read More
Pharmacies are closing across the state. What does that mean for Ohioans?
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has closed more than a hundred stores in Ohio after it filed for bankruptcy last fall. Walgreens and CVS are shuttering stores across the state… Read More
Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute the overdose reversal drug Narcan
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For decades, Jeff Card’s family company was known for manufacturing the once ubiquitous tin boxes where people could buy newspapers on the street. Today, reach into… Read More
West Virginia lawmakers delay taking up an income tax cut and approve brain research funds
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers speedily approved funding for the state veterans home, a program to help kids at risk of dropping out of school and other proposals… Read More
EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year’s East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since a Norfolk Southern train derailed and officials released and burned chemicals that spewed a toxic cloud… Read More
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