STEUBENVILLE — Trinity Health System is preparing to resume some procedures and services that were discontinued at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. Trinity said Wednesday it will be scheduling procedures that do not require an overnight stay, as well as mammograms and ...
STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson Metropolitan Housing Authority has received nearly $600,000 in federal funding to cover costs associated with the COVID-19 outbreak. U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said $526,541 in Supplemental Public Housing Operating Funds has been awarded to JMHA for services provided during the pandemic. Another $72,828 was awarded to assist JMHA’s Housing Choice Voucher program and cover administrative and other expenses incurred during the pandemic. HUD said eligible expenses include activities to support or maintain the health and safety of assisted individuals and ...
WELLSBURG — After announcing plans to reopen the county courthouse on Monday, the Brooke County Commission discussed with Mike Bolen, administrator of the county’s health department, ways to protect visitors and staff from COVID-19. The commission Tuesday also agreed to lease a vacant building on Charles Street and approved a settlement concerning a $1.8 million tax overpayment. The commissioners agreed to reopen the courthouse, in keeping with Gov. Jim Justice’s outlines for a gradual lifting of the stay-at-home order he issued weeks ago. But they said to reduce the amount of ...
Last week, Dawn Nau of Williamsport, Pa., went to the grocery store for the first time since wearing a mask became mandatory in her state. For someone with post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, this was a huge task. “To be honest, I thought I was being brave,” she said. “The first ...
For the first time, a major study suggests that an experimental drug works against the new coronavirus, and U.S. government officials said Wednesday that they would work to make it available to appropriate patients as quickly as possible. In a study of 1,063 patients sick enough to be hospitalized, Gilead Sciences’s remdesivir shortened the time to recovery by 31 percent — 11 days on average versus 15 days for those just given usual care, officials said. The drug also might be reducing deaths, although that’s not certain from the partial results revealed so far. “What it has ...
COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday clarified that high school graduations can’t be permitted if they amount to mass gatherings. The Republican governor said the most preferred option is a virtual ceremony conducted online, followed by a drive-in ceremony allowing students to arrive at designated locations at designated times to pick up a diploma, followed by gatherings of 10 people or fewer. “Mass gatherings can’t be held,” DeWine said Wednesday, correcting a statement a day earlier when he said graduation ceremonies would be up to schools as long as proper social ...
