COVID

Small businesses all over Ohio have suffered financially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But they’ve also struggled with big decisions – often with political overtones – about how to keep their customers and employees safe.

The court-martial of the former head of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is slated to begin April 18. He could become the first-ever Air Force general officer to have his case adjudicated by court-martial.

But while most numbers are trending upward, the number of deaths is going down.

There's a new requirement put in place by state lawmakers to help process eligibility for Medicaid, but there's concern it could hurt elderly and disabled Ohioans.

Dayton Daily News reporter, Meredith Moss, recently spoke with WYSO's Jerry Kenney about her reporting on how the COVID pandemic caused many people to rethink home and work life, which spurred a significant number of people to relocate - some here to the Miami Valley.

Solitary bird watching during COVID has given way to more birding groups

Highland County Judge Rocky Coss and his statewide committee made 100 recommendations to the Ohio Supreme Court including remote hearings and testimony

Two years into the pandemic, data shows that the toll on children’s mental health has been profound. Children of frontline health care workers had a front row seat to the pandemic’s scariest moments from day one.

Stories about the stress health care workers on the frontlines have experienced are common. But their families have also been on an emotional rollercoaster for more than two years.

U.S. hospitalization rates more than doubled during the latest omicron wave compared to the prior delta wave, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black adults were more likely to end up hospitalized than White adults, regardless of their vaccination status.

They say this variant, which has been prevalent in Europe, could make its way to Ohio soon. But they caution Ohioans to prepare instead of worrying.

Some small towns in the Midwest are growing due to an influx of immigrants, which includes some who speak rare languages. Hospitals and community leaders have had to adapt to make COVID vaccines accessible to those communities.