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Fri. 8:46 a.m.: Court rejects challenge of vaccination incentive lottery

COLUMBUS (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's first vaccination incentive program as unconstitutional, saying the group that sued over the Vax-a-Million lottery didn't have proper legal standing for a high court challenge. The court's ...

Thu. 9:18 a.m.: Army says nearly 98% got the COVID-19 vaccine by deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 98 percent of the active duty Army had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine as of this week's deadline for the shots, but more than 3,800 soldiers flatly refused and could start being removed from the military next month, officials said this ...

Backlog spawns mistakes

Oops, they did it again. The Ohio Department of Health admitted “manual reporting errors at two laboratories” resulted in the undercount of 7,699 COVID-19 cases in the state between March 7 and Dec. 3. “The backlog includes both new cases and updated information for cases that were previously recorded,” Alicia Shoults, an ODH spokeswoman, said Tuesday. “The files are being processed and will be assigned the appropriate illness onset date.” As the backlogged cases are processed, they’re being added to the daily COVID-19 count for the state for Tuesday, today and ...

Browns QB Mayfield, coach Stefanski test positive for COVID

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns' COVID-19 outbreak has widened and worsened. Quarterback Baker Mayfield and coach Kevin Stefanski tested positive for COVID-19 today and will likely miss Saturday's game against Las Vegas as Cleveland deals with a widespread outbreak during its playoff ...

Wed. 9:21 a.m.: EU official: Omicron to be dominant variant by mid-January

BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the European Union's executive branch said today that omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January, amid concerns that a dramatic rise in infections will leave Europe shrouded in gloom during the holiday season. ...