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With 1 Million Vaccinated and Hospitalizations Down, Ohio Could End Curfew UPDATED 6:45 AM ET Feb. 08, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:15 PM ET Feb. 06, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:15 PM EST Feb. 06, 2021 SHARE COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state crossed a milestone over the weekend as it reported more than 1 million people have been vaccinated, and officials said they are increasingly confident the pandemic is coming under control. The state's curfew will expire Thursday if COVID-19 hospitalizations remain under 2,500 between now and then, ...

As vaccines become more available, when can you get one?

SHARE COLUMBUS, Ohio — A pathologist who discovered a new “U.K.-like” COVID-19 variant said the U.S. was “caught under resourced” with minimal viral surveillance when England’s public health agency detected a worrisome mutation last month.  The “vast majority” of U.S. states were conducting no viral surveillance other than a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program that evaluates a handful of samples per week from different public health labs, said Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center pathologist Dr. Daniel Jones.  U.S. official...

SHARE COLUMBUS, Ohio — It took 130 phone calls, 90 minutes on hold, and some convincing of her hesitant grandmother, but Megan Dembski’s persistence repeatedly dialing the health department paid off on Monday, when she drove Mary Summers, 87, to become one of the first seniors in Ohio to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Summers, a lifelong Ohio resident, said she had not been longing for this day to come. “I knew I had to do it, but I wasn't looking forward to it,” she said. “Some people have said the vaccine is too new, they don't want to take it, and I was concerned maybe they were right....

Ohio is activating 580 National Guard members for the inauguration response in D.C. and Ohio.