LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest results from an ongoing study of the pandemic in England. Researchers at Imperial College London found that COVID-19 infections ...
Nearly one in every three Ohioans at least has started the COVID-19 vaccination process, while the state continues to see a higher than average number of cases of the virus. The Ohio Department of Health reported 1,871 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday in the state, above the daily average of 1,742 ...
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel today threw her weight behind a "short, uniform lockdown" as the country grapples with a high level of coronavirus cases fueled by the spread of a more contagious variant first detected in Britain. German state governors, who are responsible for ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran shattered its daily record for new infections for the second consecutive day today as cases soared to 20,954, a worrisome trend after more than a year of the country battling the worst outbreak in the Middle East. Iran's severe surge triggered new movement ...
BEIJING (AP) — China's government warned Washington today not to boycott next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing after the Biden administration said it was talking with allies about a joint approach to complaints of human rights abuses. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected accusations of ...
LONDON (AP) — The European Union's drug regulator will announce the conclusions of its investigation into the possible connection between AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine and rare blood clots later today, including recommendations that could have far-reaching effects on the use of the shot ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was set to announce today that he is shaving about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines. With states gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as older people and essential, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and vast sums of government aid will accelerate global economic growth to a record high this year in a powerful rebound from the pandemic recession, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecasts. The 190-country lending ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea became the first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus fears, a decision that underscores the challenges facing Japan as it struggles to stage a global sporting event amid a raging pandemic. A website run by North Korea's ...
The isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year has hit many hard, but the disruption to daily routines and how services are delivered have been particularly painful for those with developmental disabilities and the people who care for them. “Much like everyone else, the ...
LONDON (AP) — All adults and children in England will be able to have routine coronavirus tests twice a week as a way to stamp out new outbreaks, the British government said today as it prepared to announce the next steps in lifting the nation's months-long lockdown. Prime Minister Boris ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Retail stores across most of Greece were allowed to reopen today despite an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections, as the country battles to emerge from deep recession. Stores in greater Athens opened for pickup services only but remain closed in Greece's second- and ...
While COVID-19 numbers continue to climb in Ohio, a new focus on vaccinations will begin as early as next week. Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday college campuses will offer vaccinations to students who wish to receive them. “We have the ability to do this with the Johnson & ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The number of COVID-19 cases at Mahoning Valley nursing homes and assisted living facilities remained essentially unchanged this week, compared to last week. There were 29 cases in Mahoning County, three in Columbiana County and none in Trumbull County. In Mahoning County, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. The March ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down, with religious sites open to limited numbers of faithful but none of the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the Holy Week leading up to Easter. The virus is still ...
The 50,144 COVID-19 cases in Ohio in March were the least for a month since September. The number of newly reported cases in the state in March also was the third straight month with a decline since the virus peak of 279,317 cases in December. The reported cases in January were 195,412 and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 61,000 last week to 719,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more businesses reopen, vaccines are increasingly administered and federal aid spreads through the economy. The ...
For the second time in five days, Ohio is reporting its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in more than a month. There were 2,458 new cases reported Tuesday, while 2,742 cases were reported Friday by the Ohio Department of Health. The last time that many cases were reported in a single ...
NEWTON FALLS — The Newton Falls school district plans to bring all students back to in-person learning starting April 6. For most of the year, kindergarten through fifth grades have been in person five days per week; grades sixth to 12th were hybrid with students attending in person and ...