MARTINS FERRY — Officials are seeing increased demand for COVID-19 testing following the holidays. Many are giving away test kits as soon as they are received, while other health providers are offering on-site testing with a quick turnaround. At East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins ...
The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren’t climbing as fast. Dr. Anthony Fauci, for one, said Sunday on ABC that with many infections causing few or no ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a pro-vaccine Republican from Ohio, said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19. Portman, who was vaccinated and got a booster, said he learned of his condition from an at-home test taken Monday night in preparation for returning to the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as adults. The CDC also maintained that, for people who ...
More canceled flights frustrated air travelers on the final day of 2021 and appeared all but certain to inconvenience hundreds of thousands more over the New Year’s holiday weekend. Airlines blamed many of the cancellations on crew shortages related to the spike in COVID-19 infections, along with wintry weather in parts of the United States. United Airlines, which suffered the most cancellations among the biggest U.S. carriers, agreed to pay pilot bonuses to fix a staffing shortage. By early evening Friday on the East Coast, airlines had scrubbed more than 1,550 U.S. flights — ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — With the continued high COVID case count, one might think the omicron variant is ravaging Eastern Ohio, but health administrators Robert Sproul of Belmont County and Garen Rhome in Harrison County said the variant has not been detected locally. “Not that we’ve seen yet,” Sproul said, referring to omicron. “Well, there’s always a little bit of a delay.” Rhome expressed a similar sentiment last week. On Thursday, Sproul explained that after a positive test it may take weeks before officials can positively identify the omicron variant. Sproul said ...
