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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will self-isolate and continue to work in 10 Downing Street in London, announcing his positive test for the coronavirus. He's seen here Thursday night, joining in the U.K.'s national applause for health service workers who are helping to fight the coronavirus.

Boris Johnson Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Is Self-Isolating

If Johnson is unable to carry out his official duties, his role would likely be filled temporarily by Dominic Raab, the U.K.'s foreign secretary and first secretary of state.

A firefighter takes a moment to rest outside a temporary hospital in a conference center in Madrid, Spain, that was set up as an overflow area for COVID-19 patients. More than a million coronavirus cases are now reported worldwide, putting intense pressure on health and emergency workers.

1 Million Coronavirus Cases Have Now Been Reported Worldwide

"This virus, which was unknown to us three months ago, has exposed the weaknesses and inequities in our health systems and societies," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.

Some 14 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed At One Parma Senior Care Facility

Fourteen patients and employees at ManorCare Health Services in Parma have tested positive for COVID-19. ManorCare officials released more information late Wednesday about the situation in the senior care facility to “help clarify what a cluster of positive cases means,” officials said in a news release. Four sick patients, who tested positive, are being treated at hospitals. One patient is being treated at ManorCare on W. Sprague Road in what officials called isolation.

C-SPAN Celebrates 40 Years Of Offering Americans An Unfiltered Look At Government

On March 19, 1979, C-SPAN was born. For 40 years, the network has provided unbiased and unfiltered coverage of government proceedings.

Ohio State employee Lauren Chisholm, left, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination from Robert Weber Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Columbus.

'It's Very Depressing': Some Eligible Ohioans Struggle To Sign Up For COVID Vaccine

Almost 10% of Hamilton County residents have begun to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Under the statewide rollout, that includes many first responders,...

Columbus Public Health commissioner Dr. Mysheika Roberts announcing the city's state of emergency last March.

Ohio Leaders Tried To Head Off COVID’s Racial Health Disparities. They Happened Anyway

As Ohio began to tally up the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the pandemic last spring, a pattern became clear: Black and Brown…

Columbus Public Health Commissioner Dr. Mysheika Roberts, flanked by local health and hospital officials on August 5, 2021 call for Columbus residents to wear face masks.

Columbus, Franklin County Health Officials Issue Indoor Mask Advisory

Columbus and Franklin County public health officials are asking residents to wear a mask indoors regardless of their vaccination status as cases of COVID-19 surge in Central Ohio due to the delta variant.

A nurse practitioner fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Mich., on Nov. 5.

The FDA authorizes a Pfizer booster shot for children ages 12 to 15

The authorization comes in the midst of an explosion of COVID-19 cases nationwide driven by the omicron variant — a surge that has brought a spike in pediatric hospitalizations.

The U.S. birth rate went up in 2021. Here, a baby is seen in a hospital in McAllen, Texas in 2020.

The 2021 rise in U.S. births is likely a baby blip, not a boom

The U.S. birth rate has been trending downwards over the past 15 years — so the news that the number of births actually rose in 2021 is making headlines.

The entrance of Shawnee Trail Tree Farm with pre-cut Christmas trees lined up on the fence to the left.

Ohio Christmas tree farmers face high demand and short supply

Christmas tree farms across Ohio are still catching up to an increase in demand fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, which could mean more of a challenge when it comes to finding that perfect tree in 2023.

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