Public Health

The Summit County Public Health Opiate Abatement Advisory Council is seeking public input on how to allocate a $104 million opioid settlement.

There is a new sub-variant of COVID-19 that's accounting for most cases; we get an update from an infectious disease expert.

The Summit County 2022 Community Health Assessment aims to provide a complete picture of health in the county. The assessment is done every three years, making this the first year that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the data.

A new study from Duke University looks at the impact of reparations on potential wealth and health gaps for Black and white Americans.

Although the Hispanic population is more likely to be hospitalized and die from COVID-19, the city of Cleveland is still struggling to reach its Spanish-speaking population.

Public health experts are speaking out against the bill that would allow state lawmakers to overturn a governor’s health and emergency orders , and would restrict those orders at the local level too. Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed that bill yesterday, but legislators are set to override it today.

The state purchased 2 million of the BinaxNOW tests with federal CARES Act funding.

Sen. Sherrodd Brown (D-Ohio) is cosponsoring legislation that would add teeth to laws intended to end racial profiling. The End Racial and Religious…

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will begin a new sanitation policy Monday to combat public concerns about the coronavirus. RTA staff will…

The American Lung Association is out with its yearly report card on tobacco control. Overall, Ohio gets a failing grade with one A, one D, and three…