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Mahoning, state nursing homes, prisons see surge in virus cases this week

The number of COVID-19 cases rose at several Mahoning County nursing homes this week; at the same time, the number of cases rose dramatically among the general population in Ohio. The biggest surge among Mahoning County nursing homes was at the Canfield Acres LLC Windsor House at Canfield nursing home on state Route 446. The Ohio Department of Health indicated on its website that Canfield Acres had no COVID-19 cases last week but said it has 21 cases this week — 11 among patients and 10 among staff. The Greenbriar Center nursing home in Boardman has had high case numbers for ...

Nevada fires unvaccinated higher ed employees

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Hundreds of unvaccinated employees who work at public colleges and universities in Nevada were being fired today, a day after the state Board of Regents voted to keep a staff vaccine mandate in effect. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Thursday deadlocked 6-6 on a measure to repeal the staff vaccine mandate and then rejected a measure to push the effective termination date back two weeks. Without majority support for a repeal, the mandate — which Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Faculty Alliance support — remained in effect. Higher ...

Novavax files data with FDA to support vaccine

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Novavax Inc. said it filed data today with the Food and Drug Administration to support clearance of its long-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine, a different kind of shot than current U.S. options. Novavax said the data package is the last requirement before the company formally submits its emergency-use application next month to become the fourth U.S. COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement comes shortly after the European Commission and World Health Organization cleared use of the Maryland-based company's two-dose shot. Novavax developed a protein vaccine, similar to ...

Lines stretch 3 miles in Youngstown for COVID-19 tests

YOUNGSTOWN — Even the people who were at the end of the line to receive four free COVID-19 rapid tests were rewarded Wednesday. Erin Bishop, Youngstown Health District commissioner, said that when all 4,000 kits were given out at the Covelli Centre, an additional 110 people were still ...

Ohio hits new high for hospitalizations, daily and monthly caseloads

With a record number of daily and monthly COVID-19 cases and the most people ever in Ohio hospitals with the virus, Gov. Mike DeWine said: “It is important not to panic.” Even so, DeWine announced Wednesday that he was deploying an additional 1,250 Ohio National Guard members to hospitals to help with staffing problems there as a result of the pandemic. DeWine said Dec. 17 that he was sending 1,050 National Guard members, including 150 medical personnel, to hospitals, particularly in areas hardest hit by the virus. Nearly 22 months into the pandemic, the state hit two daily ...