The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans, opening a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive against COVID-19. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on a series of recommendations from ...
The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Ohio increased for the third consecutive day. There were 6,882 cases reported Wednesday, up from 6,814 Tuesday. There were 4,899 cases reported Monday and 4,428 Sunday. The 6,882 COVID-19 cases Wednesday is up from the daily average of 6,562 for the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market's recovery, at least temporarily. This morning's report from the Labor Department ...
Younger people in Ohio, most of them unvaccinated, are getting more serious cases of COVID-19, according to state officials. “If you’re young and unvaccinated, it’s now probably only a question of when, not if, you get COVID-19,” Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said. “When you get COVID-19 without the protection of a vaccine, there is a very real risk you’ll end up in the hospital or the obituary pages.” Vanderhoff joined Gov. Mike DeWine and various hospital officials from around the state for a Tuesday news conference about the ...
President Joe Biden is set to announce that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the global population within the next year. The stepped-up U.S. commitment is to ...
The state exceeded 1.35 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic with 4,899 new cases reported Monday. The number of COVID-19 cases Monday is down from the daily average of 6,529 for the past 21 days, according to the Ohio Department of Health. COVID-19 cases on Sundays and Mondays are usually lower than the rest of the week because of a lag in reporting during the weekend. There were 4,428 cases reported Sunday. Before Sunday, the state had exceeded 5,500 daily cases in 17 of the previous 20 days, according to ODH data. Monday’s total includes 310 cases in ...
