The U.S. stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 — roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled by ...
STEUBENVILLE – Jefferson County went into Phase 1B of the state’s vaccine distribution plan about a month ago, and, according to county Medical Director Dr. Mark Kissinger, that process is going as well as the supply allows. “It’s going well,” he said. “The biggest challenge we’ve had is supply. The state is just not sending out as much as we had hoped for. I don’t think (the state is) doing anything wrong, we just nationally do not have a sufficient supply right now.” The challenge, he said, has been the short turnaround from finding out the exact number of doses ...
COLUMBUS — A small committee of legislators could overrule the Ohio governor's health orders under a bill the state Senate approved Wednesday that marks the latest effort by GOP lawmakers to restrict fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's response to the coronavirus pandemic. A Senate bill introduced last month by lawmakers would establish "checks and balances" on DeWine's ability to issue and keep in place executive action during an emergency, including the current coronavirus pandemic. "As I stated before, this bill is not meant to be, in ...
(AP) - For many U.S. couples yearning to be married, the pandemic has wreaked havoc on their wedding plans while bolstering their teamwork and resilience. For couples already married, it has posed a host of new tests, bringing some closer, pulling others apart. Spending more time together — ...
Pennsylvania is temporarily halting school sports and other extracurricular activities, ordering gyms, theaters and casinos to close and banning indoor dining at restaurants as state officials respond to the worsening pandemic with new restrictions. A day after announcing his own COVID-19 ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases in its program, Michigan canceled its annual showdown with Ohio State on Tuesday as college football lurches toward the end of the season without one of its cornerstone rivalry games. The season-ending grudge match known as "The ...
