COLUMBUS – The next group of Ohioans eligible for COVID-19 vaccines includes those with conditions that put them at a higher risk of complications from the potentially deadly respiratory disease. That's because Ohio prioritized conditions that started at birth or childhood and continued into adulthood, Ohio's chief medical officer Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said in a Friday interview. For example, the list of eligible Ohioans includes people born with severe heart defects requiring regular, specialized medical care but doesn't include heart conditions, such as heart failure or coronary artery disease. Type 1 diabetes, known as juvenile diabetes, is on the list if the person has been hospitalized in the past year while type 2 diabetes, which most often develops after age 45, is not.