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The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The pandemic affected the city of Columbus, Ohio , as Ohio's stay-at-home order shuttered all nonessential businesses, and caused event cancellations into 2021.
Amy Leigh Acton (née Stearns; born 1965 or 1966) is an American physician and public-health researcher who served as the director of the Ohio Department of Health from 2019–2020. She played a leading role in Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2025, Acton declared her candidacy for the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election.
As of May 11, 2023, the state department of health reported 89,950 hospitalizations and 27,084 deaths since January 1, 2021, among individuals not reported as fully vaccinated, and 6,801 hospitalizations and 1,534 deaths among fully vaccinated individuals in the same time period.
With the new COVID-19 vaccinations for the 2024–25 season arriving in California and across the nation, an important question arises: When is the best time to get the shot?. The U.S. Centers for ...
She saw a need for help—and didn't hesitate to step up to the plate. The post This Woman Has Helped Over 400 Seniors Schedule Vaccine Appointments appeared first on Reader's Digest.
A KFF study in December 2020 showed that 27% of the general public, and 29% of health careworkers, were hesitant to be vaccinated. [189] [187] In December 2020 a Gallup poll found that 63% of Americans were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. [187] Safety concerns about the vaccines are a primary factor in vaccine hesitancy and refusal.
While COVID-19 vaccines are available for adults and children, vaccination rates are low. As of Jan. 4, less than 25% of adults were vaccinated with the updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according ...
On August 19, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that all children aged six months and older would need to receive a flu vaccine by December 31, 2020 in order to attend childcare, K–12 schools, and colleges and universities in the state.