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COVID-19 cases drop at Youngstown nursing home, increase throughout Ohio

A Youngstown nursing home with 10 COVID-19 cases last week saw a steep decline in its numbers this week. But another facility saw its numbers rise. Overall nursing home cases of COVID-19 in Ohio continued a steady upward trend that began several weeks ago. The Canfield Healthcare Center Nursing Home on Canfield Road in Youngstown had 10 cases last week, but the number has dropped to three this week, according to data on the Ohio Department of Health website. That includes one patient case and two staff cases. The Greenbriar Center Nursing Home on South Avenue in Boardman, ...

Fri. 10:28 a.m.: New York to implement indoor mask mandate for public places

NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a winter surge in COVID-19 infections, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this morning that masks will be required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. Hochul said the decision to impose a mask mandate was ...

Fri. 9:48 a.m.: Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid omicron cases

NEW YORK (AP) — Companies of all sizes are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new omicron variant adds another layer of uncertainty. Alphabet's Google and the nation's second largest automaker Ford Motor Co. are among those once again delaying their ...

Thu. 8:59 a.m.: WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization expressed concerns today that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic. The U.N. health agency, ...

COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Even as the U.S. closes in on a milestone of 200 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, cases and hospitalizations are spiking again, including in highly inoculated corners of the country like New England. New cases in the U.S. climbed from an average of ...

Wed. 9:33 a.m.: UK leader orders probe amid anger over staff lockdown party

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today ordered an inquiry and said he was "furious" after a leaked video showed senior members of his staff joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christmas party. The video has poured fuel on allegations that government officials ...