ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Only nine students were vaccinated at the COVID-19 student vaccination clinic at Ohio University Eastern on Tuesday, but more shots are set to be given today. Josie Grover, a registered nurse working with the Belmont County Health Department, was on hand Tuesday ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has poured tens of billions of dollars into state and local public health departments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, paying for masks, contact tracers and education campaigns to persuade people to get vaccinated. Public health officials who have juggled ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Deputy Health Commissioner Robert Sproul said some new transportation options will be available soon for people wishing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “East Ohio Regional Transportation got a grant from (the Ohio Department of Transportation) and they’re going to help with transportation to clinics also, so if someone can’t afford to get to the clinic, they can contact them and they’ll transport you,” he said. “It went out to all the 88 counties, giving transportation options to the public.” “We’ve applied for the grant money, ...
COLUMBUS — During his Tuesday press conference, Gov. Mike DeWine addressed the pause in the administering of the Johnson and Johnson version of the COVID-19 vaccine, as directed by the Center for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration. DeWine said there have so far been six ...
Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check. In the United States, Detroit leaders began making a plan to knock on every door to persuade people to get vaccine shots. Brazil this week became just the second country, after the U.S., to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths that exceeded 4,000. India hit a peak of almost 127,000 new cases in 24 hours, and Iran set a new coronavirus ...
LONDON (AP) — Prince Philip will be laid to rest with all the honors due a prince of the United Kingdom and a consort to Queen Elizabeth II. But the coronavirus pandemic means it will be a more low-key farewell than has marked many royal deaths. The pandemic has required changes to the ...
