Coping with Coronavirus
Latest information on the COVID-19 coronavirus in Northeast Ohio
Double dipping? Audit concludes over 124,000 Ohio Medicaid patients also received benefits from other states’ Medicaid programs
The Ohio Department of Medicaid questioned the audit's methodology and conclusions.
Are you willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine? AI says it knows the answer
A new artificial intelligence tool developed at the University of Cincinnati claims that with only a little bit of information, it can accurately predict whether or not a someone is willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
How badly did we blow it? 4 years into COVID, readers say rancor doomed us, and let’s embrace science next time
Hundreds of people responded, and what comes across is their feeling that the U.S. pandemic response was crippled by bitter political divisions and a lack of public trust in science.
Can Ohio State be sued for fees charged during coronavirus closures? Ohio Supreme Court tells appeals court to decide
The details of the decision are technical, although the decision was split 4-3 along partisan lines during this election season.
Long COVID’s deep impact on Latinos
One in five COVID-19 infections results in long COVID, with Latinos the most affected. How prepared are we to care for a looming avalanche of Latino long-haulers?
Ohio COVID-19 cases continue upward trend: Coronavirus update for Oct. 26
Ohio coronavirus case numbers continued trending up this week.
Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Katalin Karikó, an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Drew Weissman, of the University of Pennsylvania, were awarded the prize
Ohio’s GOP U.S. Senate hopefuls weigh in on looming government shutdown: Capitol Letter
If any of Ohio's three Senate candidates make it to Washington, D.C., chances are they will have to deal with a potential government shutdown like the one that’s becoming increasingly likely.
DeWine, state public health officials encourage Ohioans to get new COVID-19 booster
The number of Ohio residents who have received the newly approved coronavirus booster was 87,871 people, as of Thursday.
COVID-19 cases down for 2nd straight week after 10 weeks on the rise: Sept. 28 update
COVID-19 cases are now trending downward in Ohio
The government is offering more free COVID-19 tests: here’s how to get yours
Here's how to sign up to receive four more free COVID-19 tests under a new program announced by the federal government.
More Ohioans say they didn’t sign pro-fracking form letters: Capitol Letter
State officials received form letters from around 150 people who say they never knowingly authorized them.
OSU pushes state supreme court to dismiss lawsuit over fees during the pandemic: Capitol Letter
The school asked the Ohio Supreme Court to dismiss a case over unrefunded student fees when campus was closed during the pandemic.
OSU asks Supreme Court to shield it from COVID-19 suit over unrefunded fees
An OSU graduate says in a lawsuit students are owed partial refund of fees when campus was closed for the final five weeks of the 12-week semester, to prevent the spread of the virus.
U.S. Sen. JD Vance’s drive to pass anti-mask bill falls short
“Democrats say they’re not going to bring back mask mandates – we’re going to hold them to their word," said a statement from Vance.
JD Vance to introduce bill that would ban federal mask mandates for transit and schools
A statement from Vance said mask mandates “failed to control the spread of respiratory viruses, violated basic bodily freedom, and set our fellow citizens against one another."
First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, but President Biden’s results are negative so far
Jill Biden will remain at the couple’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, for the time being, while the president has returned to the White House.,
The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?
Across the country, schools are scrambling to catch up students in math as post-pandemic test scores reveal the depth of missing skills.
Ohio COVID-19 cases up for 5th straight week; Coronavirus update for Thursday, Aug. 10
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Ohio climbed for the fifth week in a row, from 2,666 last week to 2,991 this week.
Ohio’s Brad Wenstrup probes coronavirus vaccine mandates for federal workers
Cincinnati Republican Wenstrup chairs the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Akron bar can’t regain liquor permits for violating COVID rules, Supreme Court says
Ohio Supreme Court declined to rule on the constitutionality of a pandemic-era rule that resulted in the Highland Tavern's loss of its license.
Will masks make a regular return, with summer wildfire smoke?
Last week as the smoke poured over Cleveland from Canada and turned the sun a hazy orange, Health reporter Gretchen Cuda Kroen's thoughts turned to masks, and the time before we knew them so well.
Mexican government doesn’t support long COVID health care or protocols
Health systems there belittle long-haulers suffering neurological and neuropsychiatric aftereffects.
Chagrin Falls man, once accused of price gouging during height of COVID, charged in tax evasion case
Mario Salwan of Chagrin Falls is charged in federal court in Cleveland with attempted tax evasion.
Ohio Department of Health received $71M in federal help for COVID-19 reimbursement
The Ohio Department of Health is receiving more than $71 million in federal aide for pandemic-related costs.
Ohio COVID-19 case-count uncertainty and reporting changes: weekly coronavirus update for Thursday, May 18
Deaths due to COVID-19 in Ohio has now reached at least 42,275
From hardbacks to ebooks: How the pandemic changed Cleveland’s libraries: The Wake Up for Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The pandemic dramatically changed the way libraries serve Northeast Ohio.
Tackling the next wave of the pandemic: loneliness
The federal COVID-19 pandemic declaration ends Thursday, but the impact lives on, including loneliness and isolation, now considered "an epidemic" itself.
WHO announces end to COVID-19 global emergency, but cautions the virus remains a threat
The head of the World Health Organization announced Friday that the global emergency caused by COVID-19 is over, but also noted that outbreaks of the virus continue in some parts of the world.
All but two of Ohio counties now green for low COVID-19 spread on CDC map
This week, 86 of Ohio’s 88 counties are classified as green, the designation for the lowest level of COVID-19 spread.
Ohio COVID-19 cases continue six-week slide: weekly coronavirus update for April 13, 2023
The number of COVID-19 patients in Ohio hospitals fell from 516 last week to 457 on Thursday. That number is still below a recent high of 1,423 on Dec. 29.
When can you get another COVID-19 bivalent vaccine? The Wake Up for Monday, April 10, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it continues to “closely monitor the emerging data in the United States and globally” on when Americans can get a second bivalent COVID booster shot.
Cuyahoga one of 80 Ohio counties designated green for low COVID-19 spread on CDC map
It is the third week in a row that Cuyahoga County kept its green status on the CDC map for COVID-19 spread.