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Health policy researchers have strongly recommended that state governments update their quarantine policies to protect individual rights.

The federal government has been sharply criticized for its slow response to the viral disease COVID-19, particularly when it comes to testing.

Does pandemic isolation have you ready to scream? Perhaps, you might express your frustrations through writing, instead. A Northeast Ohio writers' group wants Clevelanders to record their feelings – and then share them. The project is “Documenting Cleveland,” and it’s coordinated by Literary Cleveland. Associate director Matt Weinkam said the group is taking a look at a random day of our lives.

Marcie Goodman began grieving when the Cleveland International Film Festival was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. "We have to honor that and we have to give ourselves time to experience those feelings," the CIFF executive director said. Soon after the March 11 press conference when Mayor Frank Jackson and Goodman made the announcement, she and her CIFF staff realized they weren't the only ones in mourning.

Cleveland’s housing market is has made steps toward recovering from the 2008 recession. A study released Tuesday shows residential tax abatements have helped in that tenuous recovery. The number of active tax abatements has dropped significantly since a peak in 2006, but the dollar amounts homeowners save per abatement has gone up, according to the study.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been widely accused of endangering the public by greatly underestimating the threat posed by the coronavirus, which has claimed more than 2,500 Brazilian lives.

How can grief become an instrument of comfort? Morning Edition wants to hear from those whose lives have been affected by COVID-19 — in the form of a poem.

Schools across the country are figuring out how to recognize graduating seniors who are missing out on the usual pomp and circumstance of their final...

Entertainment venues ranging from zoos to movie theaters got the okay to reopen as early as this week from Gov. Mike Dewine, but many are taking a little longer to prepare their pandemic safety measures.

Changes in daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted people’s sleep routines, experts say. Dr. Carolyn Ievers-Landis, a clinical pediatric psychologist at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, said irregular sleep schedules can negatively affect health. “People are having more delayed sleep,” she said. “Most people are able to sleep in a little bit later, and naturally, many people’s sleep is now later, which means they’re staying up later also.”