Med students graduate early to fight pandemic
More than 50 Ohio State University medical students will graduate nearly a month early to begin fighting the coronavirus epidemic.
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NCAA discussing future of 2020 football season
After most programs had spring football practice shortened or wiped out by the coronavirus threat, nobody knows for certain when or even if the 2020 college football season will happen.
Exit strategy: DeWine’s plan for recovery
State officials continue to look toward a day when the coronavirus pandemic, and the burdens that have come with it, are things of the past.
Manufacturers pitch in to provide PPE’s
Ohio and other states are turning to each other, private industries and anyone who can donate respirators, gloves and other supplies in a desperate bid to get them to doctors, nurses and other front-line workers battling the coronavirus.
Isolation raises concerns about abuse
While Ohio’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus appear to be making a positive impact, school closures and stay-at-home orders may be negative influences on more chronic social problems, such as child abuse and domestic violence
Jobless claims continue to stagger the imagination and the system
The number of workers idled by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio and across the U.S. continues to climb by leaps and bounds toward staggering heights.
Acton: Ohio is flattening the curve, but don’t let up
Even while the number of cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Ohio and the rest of the nation, the forecast for the “worst-case scenario” in the state is looking more optimistic than even a few days ago.
Marion prison guard dies of coronavirus
Gov. Mike DeWine says a state prison guard has died from the coronavirus.
Raise a glass: State OK’s liquor carry-out, delivery
A certain number of Ohioans toasted the news from the state Tuesday that the Ohio Liquor Control Commission approved an emergency rule allowing restaurants to sell up to two alcoholic drinks with food order.
Governor provides list of 167 inmates eligible for release
Gov. Mike DeWine has provided a new list of 167 state prison inmates who could be eligible for release after 10 inmates and 27 employees at several institutions tested positive.