The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million today, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems. Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil — all ...
CLEVELAND — Giant Eagle and Trumbull County commissioners announced Friday they have reached a settlement in the opioid crisis lawsuit. The settlement by the Pittsburgh-based chain also includes Lake County. Settlement terms were not announced. The other defendants on trial are CVS, Walgreens and Walmart. Another pharmacy chain, Rite-Aid, settled with the two counties in August. Rite-Aid agreed to pay Trumbull County $1.5 million. The amount Lake County will receive has not been disclosed. Giant Eagle in a joint statement with a committee representing plaintiffs in the national ...
More COVID-19 deaths were reported this month in Ohio than the five previous months combined. There were 2,707 COVID-19 deaths in the state in October. The Ohio Department of Health provides COVID-19 death information on Tuesday and Fridays, so this will be the final reported number for October. In comparison, 954 COVID-19 deaths were reported in September in Ohio, 374 in August, 183 in July, 448 in June and 577 in May. That’s 2,536 total deaths over the past five months. The number of COVID-19 deaths in October is the most for a month in Ohio since February. This week, 572 deaths ...
Ohio experienced a near 50 percent decline in the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the past five weeks. But the state’s cases are more than three-and-a-half times what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider to be high-transmission areas for COVID-19. The CDC number for high transmission is 100 cases per 100,000. It recommends face masks while indoors at public places in those areas, but it’s not a mandate. The 359.1 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the time between Oct. 14 and Wednesday is down from 419.2 cases per 100,000 last ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration today paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children could be eligible for vaccinations as early as next week. One more regulatory hurdle remains: On Tuesday, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will make more detailed recommendations on which youngsters should get vaccinated, with a final decision by the agency's director ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Witches and warlocks, ghosts and ghouls can breathe a little easier this year: Coronavirus cases in the U.S. are generally on the decline, and trick-or-treaters can feel safer collecting candy. And while a new poll indicates Halloween participation is rebounding but still ...
