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A technician from the Findlay College of Pharmacy fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a clinic in Reynoldsburg in February 2021.

Ohio High Schools Encouraged To Partner With Health Departments For COVID Vaccinations

The state is calling on local health departments and Ohio school districts to find ways to connect high school students with the COVID-19 vaccine.

Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner takes a shot on goal during an NHL hockey game against the Seattle Kraken, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Seattle.

Blue Jackets Shut Down, 9 NHL Teams Paused Due To COVID

The Blue Jackets and Montreal Canadiens became the eighth and ninth teams to have activities paused because of several positive COVID-19 test results among players.

A BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories.

Columbus Public Health Expects To Get More At-Home COVID Test Kits Next Month

Columbus Public Health is currently out of at-home COVID-19 test kits but anticipates getting more from The Ohio Department of Health In January.

The login page for Airbnb's iPhone app is seen in front of a computer displaying Airbnb's website, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Washington.

Airbnb officially bans parties at its listings in a new policy

The company temporarily banned parties in August 2020 to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Columbus issues indoor mask advisory as COVID cases rise

Columbus public health officials are advising masks should be worn indoors and in crowded areas regardless of vaccination status. The advisory however does not require that masks be worn indoors.

With the coronavirus spreading, farms try to keep workers like these in Greenfield, Calif. safe through physical distancing and other measures but advocates for laborers say protections are often not adequate.

Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection To Harvest Crops

Labor advocates say the lack of enforceable federal standards to ward off the coronavirus allows farmers to prioritize the harvest over worker safety.

FDA may soon authorize the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. Teens, like the 17-year-old pictured, are already eligible for the vaccine.

FDA Panel Recommends Pfizer Vaccine For Kids Ages 5 to 11

After some debate, a group of scientists advising the FDA concluded that the vaccine's benefits outweigh its risks for young children.

ECMO is the highest level of life support — beyond a ventilator, which pumps oxygen via a tube through the windpipe into the lungs. Instead, the ECMO process basically functions as a heart and lungs outside of the body — routing the blood via tubing to a machine that oxygenates it, then pumps it back into the patient.

Across The COVID-Ravaged South, High-Level Life Support Is Difficult To Find

ECMO, the highest level of mechanical life support, functions as a temporary heart and lungs for some of COVID-19's sickest patients. But the waitlist is too long for many patients who need it.

A doctor wears personal protective equipment while performing rounds in a portion of Scotland County Hospital set up to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients last month in Memphis, Mo.

Midwest: Coronavirus-Related Restrictions By State

Get the latest on coronavirus-related restrictions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on March 15.

How Do You Reach Trump Voters Who Say They Don't Want The Vaccine? Try Doctors

A focus group of 19 Trump voters became less skeptical of the COVID-19 vaccines over two hours. But they said they wanted to hear from doctors, not the former president.

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