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The nature of the COVID-19 pandemic is changing approaches to dealing with it, from mask mandates to vaccine recommendations.

One of the region’s most racially diverse school systems recently swore in its first African American school board member.

Cincinnati Public Schools has already started closing buildings because of staff shortages due to COVID-19. When the district returned from winter break last week, it reported more than 300 staff out sick.

Cincinnati Children's staff stepped outside its walls to help vaccinate kids at the Museum Center.

School districts and police spent Friday on high alert after a disturbing social media challenge emerged.

School districts are determined to keep kids in classrooms this year despite COVID-19. Now, they're facing a new problem, a shortage of substitute teachers.

Jun. 15—Communities in Mason and Chicago are mourning the loss of a student who was "poised for some really amazing things." Simone Scott, a 2020 Mason High School graduate and freshman at Northwestern University, died Friday morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after a virus infection resulted in a heart transplant, according to the school district and media reports. Scott, 19, died ...

The Carneson family, originally from South Africa, moved to the Cincinnati area for specialized treatment at Children's Hospital in 2015

Local school districts to offer vaccination clinics to students after Pfizer approval With the FDA giving emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 12 and up – some local schools are preparing to vaccinate students with parental consent. and last updated 2021-05-11 23:34:36-04 With the FDA giving emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 12 and up, some local schools are preparing to vaccinate students with parental cons...

Some area high school graduations returning to pre-coronavirus indoor venues File photo, Journal-News Some area high schools say they will hold more traditional, indoor graduation ceremonies this spring similar to the one pictured of Lakota East High Schools pre-coronavirus commencement in 2018 at the Cintas Center at Xavier University. But attendance, due to pandemic restrictions, will be severely limited as a health precaution, say school officials. and last updated 2021-04-20 07:00:03-04 Som...