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The Ohio Department of Health has set up a Public Health Advisory System which it updates on a weekly basis. If you scroll to the right on the map below, you can get specific information from each of Ohio's 88 counties.
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Huntsman, Anna/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCOVID-19 cases are ticking up in Northeast Ohio again. Summit County is now at the medium level of COVID spread, according to the CDC, after several months at the 'low' level. -
Pete Linforth/PixabayPeople should take precautions to stop the spread of COVID-19 as community levels are again on the rise in Cuyahoga County, public health officials said during a press conference Wednesday.
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Ohio’s public schools and universities won’t be able to require their students or employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if Gov. Mike DeWine signs a bill passed by state lawmakers last night. -
Demand for blood is up and supply is down, causing the Northeast Ohio Red Cross and area hospitals to encourage blood donations this summer. -
The fifth and final winners of Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery have been announced, concluding the five week-long vaccination sweepstakes that was one of the first of its kind in the country. Ohio saw a 43 percent increase in vaccinations after the Vax-a-Million program was announced, but numbers steadily decreased each week since. -
A Cuyahoga County teen is the fifth and final winner of a full-ride, four-year college scholarship as part of Ohio’s Vax-A-Million lottery incentive – the third Northeast Ohio student to win the prize. -
HB 248 would ban businesses and schools from requiring vaccines is on hold. -
Ohio’s unemployment rate is 5%, just slightly higher than it was before the double-digit spike from the pandemic last year. “Help Wanted” and "Now Hiring” signs are common sights, especially at restaurants and retail stores. And some businesses are actively advertising they’ll pay well above Ohio’s minimum wage of $8.80, along with signing bonuses. So why aren’t they finding workers? The answer may surprise you. -
In Cuyahoga County in 2020, there were 25 deaths by suicide from people 25 or younger, and nearly half of those people were Black, according to data from the Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County. -
The COVID-19 Delta variant is in Ohio, and doctors are worried that people who have not been vaccinated may be vulnerable to this rapidly spreading strain of the coronavirus. -
The two offered a clinic in May where 86 people were vaccinated. Another clinic today at Metro's downtown Akron transit station hopes to reach at least as many. -
The state budget process began during the pandemic, when schools and businesses were closed, unemployment numbers were at double digits, and terrifying predictions of death tolls were circulating. A year later, the state and Ohioans are flush with federal COVID relief money, so the budget picture has changed a lot. -
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the expiration date for Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses, and that’s good news for Columbus. -
A Lorain County middle school student is the third Vax-a-Million scholarship winner, receiving a full ride to college for getting vaccinated.
