COVID-19 testing

There are several potential reasons for false-negative test results. One of the biggest is timing.

The lawsuit was filed on the same day that the federal government announced when its "vaccine or test" rule for businesses will take effect.

The clinic is open for children and young adults up to the age of 26.

The Summit County health department has run out of rapid at-home tests due to high demand, according to spokesperson Marlene Martin. The department expects a new shipment Thursday or Friday, she said.

The faster spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus makes it harder for public health officials to trace. About 5 to 8 people are likely to become infected from one person with COVID-19 compared with 1 to 3 people at the beginning of the pandemic.

This decision comes after the FDA granted full approval to Pfizer's vaccine earlier this week.

At-home test kits are available at libraries, schools and public health departments around Ohio.

Akron Children’s Hospital will require its employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine; a crowd gathered outside of Summa Health’s Akron campus Monday night to protest the hospital’s vaccine requirement; the Cuyahoga County Commons Pleas Court's General Division employees are required to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15; and more stories.

The conclusion comes after an audit on the state's coronavirus website.

The University of Akron is underway with its COVID-19 wastewater monitoring project, where a team collects wastewater samples from on-campus facilties, attempting to measure copies of a gene from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.