GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it's dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that "we are in the endgame," while saying the acute phase of the pandemic could still end this ...
BEIJING (AP) — A cluster of COVID-19 cases in Beijing has prompted authorities to test millions and impose new measures two weeks ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics, even as the city of Xi'an in north-central China lifted today a monthlong lockdown that had isolated its 13 million ...
A record 1 in every 46 Ohioans was diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past two weeks, with the Ohio Department of Health’s director saying the virus “will be a part of our health care landscape for the foreseeable future.” Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, head of the ODH, said Thursday despite ...
COVID-19 cases in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities across Ohio may have peaked last week, as the total case numbers declined this week. Cases at Mahoning County facilities also appear to be declining. The total number of cases at all facilities this week was 2,467 among patients, down 212 from last week’s number of 2,679. The number of staff cases across the state dropped from 4,114 to 3,699. Mahoning County continued to have a large number of facilities with high case counts this week, but a notable drop in cases took place this week at the Assumption Village ...
(AP) - Roger Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack. Normally, the 67-year-old would have been sent to the intensive care unit. But Strukhoff said it was overrun with COVID-19 patients, and the staff ...
TOKYO (AP) — Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning today as the country widens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant, which has caused cases to surge to new highs in metropolitan areas. The restraint, which is something of ...
