Pandemic

Homesteading grew in popularity during the pandemic. Now, some homesteaders in Dayton are continuing to thrive off of their own land.

Beginning farmers in Ohio received a grant from the OEFFA this week.

Greenhouses and nurseries like Kollman's Greenhouse in Twinsburg are experiencing shortages in supplies and labor. They are having to keep up with higher expenses by increasing prices for their products.

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.

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.