Health

The Ohio Department of Health updated its guidelines for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming school year. Those safety guidelines are now more flexible for both students and parents.

The Alzheimer's Association is raising awareness of the effects of structural racism on cognition levels, especially among Black people.

On Monday, MetroHealth held a grand opening for its new affordable housing complex, Vía Sana, which they say is a way to address health disparities in Cleveland.

U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals ranks Cleveland Clinic as the fourth best hospital in the U.S. and best in Ohio; Fairview, Hillcrest, South Pointe and Weston hospitals also recognized nationally.

The 988 helpline is a way to direct non-emergency mental health crises to experts who can help. Officials hope it will replace 911 in some situations.

Paxlovid is used by high-risk patients to make their COVID-19 symptoms milder. It's critical patients take it in the first five days of illness, so taking a doctor's visit out of the requirements may make it easier for patients.

Federal officials authorized the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years.

Ohio health officials did not reveal where the person with monkeypox resides. A Cleveland Clinic physician talks about the likely risk for people in the Cleveland area from the disease and how it is different from the highly contagious COVID-19.

Even though cases are up, hospitalizations and deaths have actually gone down.

People should now wear a mask when in indoor, public settings in Cuyahoga County, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.