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Ohio’s COVID cases rise again

The state saw a 37 percent rise in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents this week, marking the fourth straight week with an increase. In just the past four weeks, cases in the state have tripled. After 10 consecutive weeks of declines, this was the fourth week in a row to see an increase in COVID-19 case numbers in the state. Before those declines, there were 11 straight weeks of increases. There were 111.7 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between April 14 and Wednesday compared to 81.5 cases per 100,000 last week, according to data provided Thursday by the Ohio ...

Fri. 9:18 a.m.: Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US

Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside. Despite majority favorability among ...

Thu. 9:19 a.m.: Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids

Moderna this morning asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer. Frustrated families are waiting impatiently for a chance to protect the nation's ...

Thu. 8:58 a.m.: Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. The city of 21 million has already ordered three rounds of mass testing this week, with the third coming Friday. Today, the city's ...

Wed. 9:23 a.m.: Court says UK’s nursing home COVID-19 policy was illegal

LONDON (AP) — A British court ruled today that the government's decision to discharge hospital patients into nursing homes without testing them for COVID-19, which led to thousands of deaths early in the pandemic, was illegal. Two High Court judges said the policy from March and April 2020 ...

What do we know about the new omicron mutant?

(AP) - What do we know about the new omicron mutant? It's a descendent of the earlier super-contagious "stealth omicron" and has quickly gained ground in the United States. BA.2.12.1 was responsible for 29 percent of new COVID-19 infections nationally last week, according to data reported ...