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The COVID-19 vaccines for Ohio’s youngest children are expected to be approved in coming days, and Ohio’s Department of Health says that they are well supplied and well organized to provide the shots.
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The Ohio Department of Health is working with the United States Department of Agriculture to get waivers for families enrolled in WIC so people have more formula options during the national shortage.
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Ohio Department of Health has applied for federal waivers to remove some WIC restrictions so low-income families have increased choices in infant formula; Nan Whaley is criticizing Gov. Mike DeWine's slow response to the ongoing shortage; Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp has delayed voting on a constitutional amendment to reform bail-setting laws; and more stories.
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New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Ohio are at their lowest levels since July but the Ohio Department of Health is keeping an eye on a new omicron variant; the Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments over whether Gov. Mike DeWine had the legal ability to end the state's participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program ahead of a government deadline stopping the payments; the Ohio primary is just six weeks away but candidates still don't know whether the contest will happen on that date; and more stories.
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Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff says there's good news and bad news when you look at the current COVID situation in Ohio.
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It’s welcome news for residents concerned about infection and for health care workers stretched thin by the omicron surge. And there are some additional hopeful signs.
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Ohio's top doc says the signs are good that Ohio is getting closer though.
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The Ohio Department of Health is making more no-charge COVID-19 rapid tests available for home delivery to households in traditionally underserved areas.
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The proposed merger between law schools at the University of Akron and Cleveland State University has been called off; The Ohio Department of Health is recommending local health departments shift their practice of COVID-19 contact tracing to a model that follows clusters of cases and not individual diagnoses; officials say a Cleveland Housing Court bailiff shot a man during an attempted eviction; and more stories.
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Despite a lack of COVID-19 tests in Northeast Ohio, The University of Akron has several options available for students, faculty and staff.