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Public health organizations such as the CDC report older individuals are more susceptible to falling seriously ill from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. But so are those with long-term illnesses, such as people who are living with HIV/AIDS. "There is a high risk for patients with HIV whose immunity is compromised," said Dr. Elie Saade, Medical Director of Infection Control at University Hospitals.

Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley is asking the city’s housing court to suspend the eviction of tenants who are suffering financially because of the coronavirus. In a letter to Judge W. Moná Scott, Kelley proposed pausing those evictions for 60 days. A housing court representative reached Tuesday said no decision has been made yet. City council is planning legislation for next week to formalize the request.

Help covering rent and mortgage payments is coming to small businesses in Mentor under a new grant program designed to help reopen the local economy. The Mentor Small Business Restart Program is focusing on small, local storefronts that had no opportunity to collect revenue during the shutdown, said Mentor’s Director of Economic Development and International Trade Kevin Malecek.

Cleveland expects two more years of federal oversight for its police department before being freed from what was meant to be a five-year consent decree. The city’s consent decree coordinator, retired judge Greg White, told city council’s safety committee Monday the city is not yet in compliance with the reforms included in its 2015 agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. But the city has turned a corner, he said.

Cleveland Housing Court starts hearings on evictions and accepting new filings Monday morning for the first time since March. The court paused all hearings and new eviction filings as of March 18, so a flood of evictions could be headed to the court. But it won’t be clear for some time how many evictions the coronavirus pandemic caused in Cleveland, because the court set a limit of 125 filings per day.

Some kids, including kids here in Cleveland, have had serious complications thought to be linked to coronavirus infection. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine tries to describe what we know so far about this condition. University Hospitals’ Dr. Amanda Lansell was part of the study that looked at what’s known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C.

A recent coronavirus outbreak was traced to Put-in-Bay, where pictures showed large crowds of people not wearing masks. Ottawa County Health Commissioner Jerry Bingham said officials are working with businesses to educate them and make sure they are following protocols ahead of the July Fourth weekend. “We want people to enjoy their holiday, we want people to enjoy their time, but they need to do it safely,” Bingham said. He encouraged people to wear masks and stay at home if they have symptoms.

Akron’s Chapel Hill Mall is facing foreclosure due to more than $165,000 in unpaid taxes, according to Summit County officials. The county is still early in the process of foreclosure proceedings, said the county’s Chief Deputy Fiscal Officer Michael Migden. It could take eight to 12 months, and during that time, the owner will have an opportunity to pay off the debt. The foreclosure won’t impact mall businesses unless the owner fails to pay and no one bids on the property, Migden said.

Construction, distribution and manufacturing operations can restart Monday in Ohio, and retail shops can open May 12 – though Gov. Mike DeWine’s latest...

Cuyahoga County plans to postpone its plastic bag ban, citing the uncertainty businesses are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ban was set to go into effect July 1 this year. Now County Executive Armond Budish’s administration is asking council to move the enforcement date to Jan. 1, 2021. Democratic Councilwoman Sunny Simon, who led the push for the ban, released a statement Monday in support of the postponement.