Editor’s Note Over the next 4 weeks, our editorial staff will curate and publish weekly roundups of the most reliable, impartial, solutions-focused journalism around COVID-19. These roundups are made possible and proudly supported by Hudson & Essex. MANSFIELD — If you’re tired of reading about the doom and gloom brought to us daily by various media […]
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Former Madison exchange student reflects on life in Sweden amid COVID-19
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Sweden has made international news recently by declining to join numerous nations who have gone to a lockdown of citizens and businesses, limiting in-person contact to battle the spread of COVID-19. The country does have some restrictions. Since March 24, people can no longer be served at the counter in cafés and restaurants […]
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New research, treatment using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients at Ohio State
COLUMBUS – On Monday, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center transfused the first patient in central and northern Ohio with plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient. The transfusion is part of a nationwide effort to provide this plasma, also known as convalescent plasma, to people who are ill with life-threatening COVID-19 disease. People who’ve […]
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Madison graduate in California helping lead fight against coronavirus
Dr. Susan Fernyak has battled against diseases for more than two decades. The Madison High School graduate, now the chief medical officer at the San Mateo Medical Center in California, quickly confesses that fighting against any virus is a tough battle, including the new strain of the coronavirus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather […]
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Debate rages on: Is chloroquine a possible answer in the coronavirus fight?
Debate over over the drug chloroquine is racing across the country almost as fast as COVID-19 itself. The success of the drug — first approved for medical use in the United States in 1955 as a treatment for malaria and now also for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus — is being debated from the White House […]
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Ailing couple gambles on remdesivir trial for COVID-19 cure
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story also ran in the Seattle Times and is being republished through a shared agreement between Richland Source and others members of the Solutions Journalism national network. Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not […]
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Ashland residents are using 3D printers to manufacture face shields
ASHLAND — As the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) continues, Ashland County residents have begun donating their own supplies to the Ashland County Emergency Management Agency. Some are tackling the issue by sewing cloth masks, others by 3D printing plastic face shields. Since last week, the owners of approximately 20 3D printers across Ashland County […]
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Culture, faith and the outdoors keep Utah diabetes rates low
MANSFIELD – Although West Virginia ranks number one as the state with the largest diabetes rates in the country, Ohio doesn’t fall that far down on the list. In 2019, America’s Health Rankings rated Ohio as number 34 on a list of states from the lowest ratios of diabetes to the highest. According to Ohio’s 2019 […]
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This is what sobriety in a time of crisis looks like
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was shared through a collaborative agreement with the Solutions Journalism Network. On March 14, six days before New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo implemented a shelter-in-place order for the state, effectively shutting down all nonessential services, Reagan Reed was notified that 50 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings had been canceled across New York City’s […]