ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The number of people receiving a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is climbing in Belmont County, with Deputy Health Commissioner Robert Sproul reporting a total of 14,000 shots administered. Sproul said the majority of vaccinations were the Moderna and Pfizer BioNTech ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged more than 70% since the start of the year, and deaths among them appear to have tumbled as well, dramatic evidence the vaccination campaign is working. Now the trick is to get more of the nation’s younger ...

CADIZ — Harrison County residents who have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine and are interested in doing so can attend an open clinic Friday. Garen Rhome, administrator of the county’s health department, said the department is offering another option for residents to become vaccinated ...

BELLAIRE — Belmont County residents who live near the Ohio River were vaccinated against COVID-19 close to home in Bellaire Wednesday. Health department staff were at the Salvation Army, then the high school. Bellaire Local Schools Superintendent Darren Jenkins said about 22 students ages ...

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulatory agency said Tuesday that it found a “possible link” between Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and extremely rare blood clots and recommended a warning be added to the label. But experts at the agency reiterated that the ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — St. Clairsville City Council members took no action Monday to correct a vote cast by email that appeared to violate the Ohio Open Meetings Act, but the emails were read aloud and each member verbally confirmed their vote was recorded correctly. The vote by email occurred ...