SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Even before the coronavirus hit, cystic fibrosis meant a cold could put Jacob Hansen in the hospital for weeks. He relies on hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes to stay healthy because he also has cerebral palsy and can't easily wash his hands from his wheelchair, but these days shelves are [...]
DAWSON, Ga. (AP) — The reverend approached the makeshift pulpit and asked the Lord to help him make sense of the scene before him: two caskets, side by side, in a small-town cemetery busier now than ever before. Rev. Willard O. Weston had already eulogized other neighbors lost to COVID-19, and he would do more. [...]
A public health policy brief published by the University of Cincinnati forecasts the Buckeye State would be able to meet its COVID-19-related critical care demand only with minimal relaxation of current social-distancing policies. The brief was published as the state began reopening certain segments of the economy this week. UC’s Geospatial Health Advising Group cautioned [...]
NEW YORK — As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along. They have been packing and delivering supplies, caring for the sick and elderly, and keeping streets and buildings clean. They have also watched their co-workers fall ill. [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal? As some governors across the United States begin to ease restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, hopes are soaring that life as Americans knew it might be returning. But plans emerging in many states indicate [...]
Building upon previous research that found a pregnant woman’s use of nicotine may negatively affect her child’s development, Ohio State University researchers now have found evidence linking skull defects in newborn babies to a nursing mother’s use of the stimulant. The study puts lactating mothers who use e-cigarettes or nicotine-replacement therapies on notice. Researchers tested [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A survey of business economists in mid-April found that one-third of their companies had shut down at least some of their operations, and two-thirds had laid off or furloughed workers or cut their pay to try to minimize the impact of the coronavirus. The National Association for Business Economics reports in a [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Inspiration is contagious, too. The coronavirus pandemic has brought an outpouring of messages from stranger to stranger — in windows, on front doors, across walls, and colored onto driveways and sidewalks. Some messages offer encouragement: "Strong Together." "Always Look at the Bright Side of Life." Others are spiritual: "Have Faith." "Jesus Loves [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation's nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be during the coronavirus crisis, most of them still don't have access to enough tests to help control outbreaks among their frail, elderly residents. Neither the federal government nor [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — A massive coronavirus outbreak that has sickened nearly 4,000 inmates in Ohio has highlighted the dangers lurking in the nation's correctional facilities during the pandemic and what system-wide testing reveals about the scope of infections behind prison walls. The state ordered testing in prisons earlier this month as infections began to streak [...]