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Ohio State testing more people for COVID-19 than some U.S. states Sheridan Hendrix, The Columbus Dispatch What to know about the rapid at-home COVID tests coming soon to the US Replay Video Ohio State is testing more people for COVID-19 each week than some U.S. states. The university tested 30,000 people for coronavirus last week, according to a news release Wednesday. That's more than 10 states — Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Montana, Idaho, Missouri, Arkansas and Maine — as well as Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, accordi...

Ohio State’s COVID-19 testing numbers are higher than those of 10 states Robust testing program has allowed some students to stay on campus, despite pandemic The Ohio State University is conducting more COVID-19 tests per week than some states. Last week, the university tested 30,000 people for the novel coronavirus, in an effort to keep open as many classes and campus activities as possible during the global pandemic. Tests are given and processed on campus, allowing for quick results that let contact tracers connect with infected students and help them isolate. On Monday, the university p...

A life in science grounded President Johnson for leadership From the BP oil spill to TV displays, a career of accomplishments At the time, Johnson, now the 16 th president of The Ohio State University, was serving as under-secretary of energy at the U.S. Department of Energy and it was just days after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill was an environmental disaster that killed 11 people and poured barrels of oil into the Gulf’s waters. The Deepwater Horizon, a floating drilling rig that had been exploring a well for oil, had sunk. Crude oil was le...

The start of a new semester brings syllabi and textbooks and new course schedules. And if you’re a college student in 2021, you can throw test tubes and biohazard bags into the mix. As students return to Ohio college campuses later this month and beyond, the same coronavirus safety precautions in place last fall will be in place once again, as well as some new ones.  In addition to pushing back the start of the spring semester and beginning classes virtually to reduce the spread of COVID-19, a number of Ohio college campuses will test students for the virus upon their return to campus, or...

At-home COVID-19 tests, other requirements in place as students return to Ohio colleges Jennifer Smola, The Columbus Dispatch © Fred Squillante/Columbus Dispatch Students enter the Jesse Owens North Recreation Center on The Ohio State University campus for Covid-19 testing on the morning of Thursday, October 22, 2020. The start of a new semester brings syllabi and textbooks and new course schedules. And if you’re a college student in 2021, you can throw test tubes and biohazard bags into the mix. As students return to Ohio college campuses later this month and beyond, the...