Kent State

College is getting back in session for many in Northeast Ohio, and like other segments of society, COVID-19 restrictions are being loosened in many cases, with mask requirements for the most part being lifted. Colleges also have a new threat to contend with in monkeypox, however.

Today the Biden administration announced the cancellation of up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for both current and former students who meet income requirements.

Kent State University’s football team is having sustained success for the first time in decades with coach Sean Lewis and quarterback Dustin Crum.

This decision comes after the FDA granted full approval to Pfizer's vaccine earlier this week.

Noorulbari Mal has lived in the United States since 2017, but his family is still in Afghanistan as the Taliban takes over the country.

Vaccination efforts such as mass vaccination sites have been ineffective in vaccinating minority populations, so Summit County Public Health is creating pop-up vaccine sites within communities.

Debra-Lynn Hook contributes a verse to the Global Vaccine Poem through Kent State's Wick Poetry Center.

College students explain what it's like to learn and work in the field in the midst of a pandemic.

Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on Ohioans to slow the spread of the coronavirus as Christmas approaches; Kent State University has been named as a target in a massive data breach linked to Russia; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given the Ohio National Guard a waiver to help administer the vaccine; and more stories.

Professor Tara Smith foresees further spikes in cases and doesn't believe the stay-at-home advisories for some counties are effective.