Public Health

Governor Mike DeWine announced Ohio's 10 p.m. curfew could be shifted to 11 p.m. on Thursday.

The work that people in public health do is often not very visible. It’s usually focused on long-term impacts like improving maternal health and encouraging flu shots. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. last spring, public health workers were thrown into the spotlight seemingly overnight. And this sudden shift has taken a huge toll on them.

A limited supply of the vaccine will be available at several local health care providers and pharmacies over the coming weeks.

Vaccines will be available to Ohioans 80 years and older beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Thousands of reports are being reviewed by the Ohio Department of Health before being posted to its coronavirus tracking website. Part of that is double-checking antigen test results with local health departments. But those agencies are struggling with staffing – especially in rural areas, where the virus is spreading suddenly and rapidly.

As COVID-19 cases surge, Montgomery County’s political, religious and public health leaders are calling for residents to change their Thanksgiving celebrations this year.

With record numbers of coronavirus cases and hospital admissions now surging across the state, there are signs the pandemic is taking a deeper toll on some Miami Valley health workers

Dr. Michael Dohn, of Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County, explained how the new COVID-19 vaccine is being made and says it will be safe.

The Clark County Combined Health District went door to door in June with masks and information targeting the 3,000 households that were at the greatest risk for COVID-19.

Hot weather is coming to the Miami Valley this weekend — and it will stick around until next early week. The heat index could hit 100 degrees on Sunday…

Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County hosted its first free COVID-19 pop-up testing for the public Thursday. The department’s Medical Director Dr.…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s not ruling out a statewide mandatory facemask order to slow the spread of COVID-19. In his Thursday briefing with…