Ohio puts surge in rear-view mirror

March 25, 2022

The high numbers of COVID-19 that hit the state in January appear to be a memory as the virus rate continues to plummet. “Like the rest of the nation, Ohio appears to have put the most recent surge behind us,” Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said. “New cases and hospitalizations are at their lowest levels since last July.” But Vanderhoff warned: “COVID-19 has played real havoc throwing us curveballs.” Thursday’s report was the second weekly one from the ODH, which switched March 13 from daily to weekly reports as cases decline in the ...

Wed. 9:04 a.m.: WHO: COVID-19 cases rise for 2nd straight week, deaths fall

March 23, 2022

GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7 percent in the last week, driven by rising infections in the Western Pacific, even as reported deaths from COVID-19 fell, the World Health Organization said. There were more than 12 million new weekly cases and just ...

Wed. 8:52 a.m.: One ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash

March 23, 2022

WUZHOU, China (AP) — A Chinese aviation official said today that one of the two "black box" recorders had been found with its casing severely damaged, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in the country's south with 132 people on board. The exterior is so damaged that investigators ...

Mon. 10:59 a.m.: Doctors finding hurdles to using pills to treat COVID-19

March 21, 2022

High-risk COVID-19 patients now have new treatments they can take at home to stay out of the hospital — if doctors get the pills to them fast enough. Health systems around the country are rushing out same-day prescription deliveries. Some clinics have started testing and treating patients ...

Mon. 10:19 a.m.: Shanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens

March 21, 2022

BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai Disneyland closed today as China's most populous city tried to contain its biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern business center of Shenzhen allowed shops and offices to reopen after a weeklong closure. Meanwhile, the cities of Changchun and ...

Mon. 10:16 a.m.: Hong Kong to lift flight bans, cut quarantine for arrivals

March 21, 2022

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's leader today said that the city would lift flight bans on countries including Britain and the U.S., as well as reduce quarantine time for travelers arriving in the city as coronavirus infections in its latest outbreak plateaus. The city's chief executive Carrie ...