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The masking requirement is now set to expire Oct. 29, when the school board will review the policy and decide whether to extend it again.

Donna Skoda says SB22 restricts her department's ability to keep residents safe from communicable diseases.

Paula J. Lambert shares her contribution to the Global Vaccine Poem.

Gov. Mike DeWine says fully vaccinated Ohioans must no longer quarantine themselves if they're exposed to someone with the coronavirus; the Ohio Supreme Court has ordered Secretary of State Frank LaRose to reappoint Summit County GOP chair Bryan Williams to the board of elections; and more stories.

Updated: 4:02 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Fully vaccinated Ohioans no longer have to quarantine if they are exposed to COVID-19, Gov. Mike DeWine announced during a Tuesday press conference. “Fully vaccinated” means two weeks after the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine or two weeks after the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

The state reported 2,178 coronavirus cases on Thursday, breaking Wednesday's record high of 2,039; more Kent State University students have been ordered to quarantine due to potential exposure to the coronavirus; Ohio reported nearly 600 COVID-19 cases in the state's K-12 schools on Thursday, and more stories.

New cases of COVID-19 in Ohio shot up Thursday to more than 1,500; hundreds of thousands of Ohio voters who have been looking for their absentee ballots to arrive in the mail will be waiting another week; Kent State University says another 110 students have been ordered to quarantine in a dorm because of possible exposure to the coronavirus.