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Drive through Ohio in winter and chances are you'll see an Ohio Department of Transportation truck spraying the roads with some kind of deicer.  Most of the time, it's a mixture of rock salt and water. But when temperatures dip below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, ODOT adds other chemicals to keep the brine from freezing.  One of those additives is AquaSalina. It's made in Brecksville in northeast Ohio by Nature’s Own Source LLC, and owner Dave Mansbery has been singing its praises for years.  It's ancient seawater. It works up to -15 degrees Fahrenheit. It's 70% less corrosive than traditiona...

Gov. Mike DeWine and state health officials are cheering what they consider an early sign of success for Ohio's Vax-a-Million program, saying shots have increased since the campaign was unveiled.  According to the Ohio Department of Health, vaccinations among residents age 16 and older increased 28% May 14-17 compared to the weekend prior — just days after the state announced it would raffle off $1 million prizes and college scholarships to residents who get the jab. Vaccines in that age group had dropped 25% May 7-10 from the previous weekend.  "This dramatic increase in vaccinations in...

According to the Ohio Department of Health, vaccinations among residents age 16 and older increased 28% May 14-17 compared to the weekend prior.

More than a year into the novel coronavirus pandemic, we aren't certain how many Ohio nursing home workers died of COVID-19. COVID-19 made working in a nursing home one of the deadliest jobs in America, according to an analysis of federal data by Scientific American magazine. Nursing home staffers had a higher death rate in 2020 than logging workers did in 2019, Scientific American found. The only group that had a higher death rate in 2019 were fishers. “It just leaves me speechless,” said Meghan Finegan, assistant communications director for Service Employees International Union, ...

New cases and hospitalizations – key metrics Ohio uses to gauge COVID-19 spread – have fallen. But the county color map hasn't changed in weeks.