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Ohio’s Appalachian region was already losing child care providers. Then the pandemic hit.
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom, The Fuller Project. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list or the mailing list for the Fuller Project as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Rachel Dissell CHESAPEAKE, Ohio —  The children…
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Ohio Schools & Nonprofits Scramble to Add Remote Learning Options For Students With Limited Connectivity
This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join our free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. By Conor Morris When districts switched to remote learning in the spring, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed a glaring divide: for example two-thirds of students in Cleveland…
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How can COVID-19 be stopped among homeless communities? One Ohio city looks to hotels
This article is part of the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative, a project composed of 16 Greater Cleveland news outlets including Eye on Ohio, which covers the whole state. To support us, please sign up for our free newsletter or text 216-867-6327. By Ginger Christ and Rachel Dissell A cherry-colored 10-speed rests inside the door…
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Kindred care: Congolese refugee community takes care of its own, and others, during COVID-19
By Sydney Kornegay Every Wednesday afternoon, members of the Congolese Community of Greater Cleveland (CCGC) in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood file onto Elijah Kidjana’s porch to grab donated boxes of fruit and vegetables. Some have lost their jobs due to coronavirus shutdowns. Others are searching for ways to feed children who can no longer access free…
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CDC Reverses Course Again on Using Race As Testing Criteria
Minority Groups with Higher Case and Death Rates Deemed a Priority, Then Not By Afi Scruggs After changing the guidelines to test ethnic minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the CDC reversed course again Wednesday, saying that African Americans exposed to the virus could not get tested without symptoms. A May 3 directive allowed physicians…
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Ohio hospitals remain mum on changes to local bed and ventilator counts; uncertainty affects local patients
By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp and Kathiann Kowalski The Ohio Department of Health gets daily updates on the total number of beds and ventilators that could be available for COVID-19 patients at hospitals throughout the state. But so far the agency hasn’t provided any hospital-by-hospital breakdown, and the agencies that collect capacity information on their behalf…
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Eye on Ohio Launches Project to Combat Misinformation and Disinformation on the Internet
Shana Black, Eye on Ohio’s First Draft Fellow. On Thursday, a Cleveland man tweeted a picture saying that that local residents had taken to the streets to end COVID-19. The internet launched a vitriolic response, condemning the city for further spreading the disease. But no one, in fact, had marched. The tweet came from a…
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