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Pandemic packs a punch to gyms

TOLEDO — Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra’s routine until last year’s government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike. That’s when she discovered something surprising — she did not miss the gym. At least not the driving back and forth, filling water bottles, changing clothes and most of all, taking time away from her husband and two boys. Now that her gym in Springfield, Missouri, is open again, she’s slowly returning. But finding a more convenient exercise schedule at home and seeing a surge ...

Tue. 10:36 a.m.: Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages

Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug costs, U.S. hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines in a bid to combat stubbornly high prices and persistent shortages of drugs with little competition. The efforts are at varying ...

Tue. 9:02 a.m.: Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

COLUMBUS (AP) — Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master's degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn't seen as the program's most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning, and suddenly material from that course was ...

Tue. 8:48 a.m.: AP-NORC poll: Americans have high trust in doctors, nurses

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans have high trust in doctors, nurses and pharmacists, a new poll finds. Researchers say that trust could become important in the push to increase COVID-19 vaccinations, as long as unvaccinated people have care providers they know and are open to hearing new ...

Ohio vaccination rate hits 50%

The Ohio Department of Health reported 1,413 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 1,142,330 statewide since the pandemic began. According to the ODH website, the number is again higher than the 21-day reported case average. State health officials reported Ohio’s vaccination rate finally has surpassed 50 percent as 50.01 percent of people have received at least one dose, which is 5,845,986 people. However, the statewide percentage of those who have completed the vaccination process is 46.46 percent. Mahoning County’s vaccination rate is 48.48 percent, while Trumbull ...