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Updated on May 19, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. A new peer-reviewed study examined whether a short cycle of steam treatment using a kitchen rice cooker can decontaminate face masks. The study’s authors — from Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center — found steam treatment is more effective than dry heat or an ultraviolet light treatment at cleaning cloth masks, surgical masks and N95 respirators.

Many daycare centers will be closing Wednesday under new rules by the Ohio Department of Health. Starting Thursday, March 26, the daycare providers will…

Katherine Wilson says many voters at her polling place requested absentee ballots that never came. National guardsmen made voters stand at a proper distance and poll workers got some protective gear.

Updated: 3:58 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2020 More than 46,000 registered voters in Cuyahoga County have requested vote-by-mail ballots since the Ohio primary was delayed last month.

Updated: 5:00 p.m., Monday, April 13, 2020 K-12 public schools in Ohio are expecting roughly $460 million from the federal government to help ease the financial burden of the coronavirus pandemic. That amount is based on the state’s share of Title 1 funding for high-poverty schools and much of it will be distributed to local districts, including charter schools, accordingly.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said, "I'm confident he'll pull through." Meanwhile, the U.K. on Tuesday set a new high for COVID-19 deaths — with 786.

The first coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in Franklin County.Franklin County Public Health reported Monday that the first victim was an…

Updated: 5:29 p.m., Thursday, March 19, 2020 As public services and buildings close during the coronavirus pandemic, Cleveland’s homeless population is still at risk and local advocacy groups are putting out the call for more protective policies. The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) aims to address gaps in protection against the virus in its Emergency COVID-19 Homeless Responses, released Wednesday.

One protester in New York City said George Floyd's death moved him to action. "As a black person, I've actually been relatively passive."

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said the citywide curfew will begin at 8 p.m. Monday evening. That's an hour earlier than Sunday night, and two hours...