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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.

Cuyahoga Falls Police have made an arrest in the 1987 murder of 17-year-old Barbara Blatnik, who was found in a wooded area near Blossom Music Center. James Zastawnik, 67, of Cleveland, was charged with first degree murder Wednesday. Police worked with the Porchlight Project and the state to find new evidence through advancements in DNA technology to crack the cold case.

A proposed income tax increase in Mayfield Heights is ahead by just 43 votes in unofficial primary results. Additional ballots may still need to be counted. The levy would raise income taxes from 1 percent to 1.5 percent and bring in an estimated $4 million to $5 million. The funds would be earmarked for repairs to local infrastructure, according to the city, including roads, sidewalks and the city pool.

Cincinnati City Council has authorized administrators to essentially establish up to a $150 million line of credit with a private lender to respond to...

What are your questions about the coronavirus? ideastream is answering as many questions as possible, with help from local experts in a range of fields.

The coronavirus has taken the lives of two elderly musicians in Paris: Manu Dibango, a Cameroonian saxophone and vibraphone superstar, and Aurlus Mabele, the king of Congolese soukous music.

VSCO is one of more than 200 technology startups that have laid off employees in the economic tumult caused by the coronavirus.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced Friday small businesses can apply for loans and grants through the Small Business Stabilization Fund, created to help local businesses recover from weeks of being closed due to Ohio’s stay-at-home order. The fund has more than $4 million, which Budish said is a way to fill in gaps for federal grants and loans. He said not every business will be able to receive federal money, or the money will take too long to come in.

Counties say declining tax revenues are hitting their budgets hard so they need federal money to keep fighting the virus and providing other essential services.

In a study of the early coronavirus epidemic in the U.S., a third of people who were hospitalized were African American. Top risk factors were high blood pressure and obesity.