MetroHealth

After a year of virtual learning, but the stress and isolation from the pandemic have created mental health concerns that kids are bringing with them back to the classroom.

New coronavirus cases in Ohio jumped Tuesday to more than 2,500, the second spike in the past five days; Ohio Supreme Court decision moves Ohio closer to getting rid of cash bail; an Akron firefighter who used a fire hose to spray an activist has been put on administrative leave; and more stories.

The legal battle between Summit County Republican Party chair Bryan Williams and Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is intensifying; Summit County health officials are still working to get a mass vaccination clinic set-up at the county fairgrounds ahead of its tentative Monday opening; the mass vaccination site at the Wolstein Center in downtown Cleveland is getting $8.7 million dollars from The EMA; and more stories.

The physician who runs Cleveland Clinic's program for lasting symptoms shares her thoughts about vaccines and those who still doubt whether the coronavirus is real.

How and where to get vaccinated

Why one area doctor encourages people to still wear them despite the change in rules.

Cleveland will be the home to a new collaborative effort between the city’s leading medical research facilities, its universities and the state.

Dr. Sherrie Williams, a pulmonary critical care specialist, was the first MetroHealth employee to receive the COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday.

The drug is slated to arrive in Ohio beginning Tuesday with ten hospitals, including MetroHealth, receiving shipments directly.

As COVID-19 cases surge across Ohio, hospital officials continue to sound the alarm about staffing shortages due to health care workers being sick or quarantined wiith COVID-19.