Official news releases issued by the Ohio Department of Health's Office of Communications and others.

2023

• 01/04/23 - Health, Aging directors urge more Ohioans to get updated COVID-19 booster

2022

• 11/28/22 - COVID-19 Testing Assistance for Ohioans Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
• 11/17/22 - Ohio Department of Health earns reaccreditation
• 10/22/22 - CDC committee vote won’t change Ohio school vaccine requirement
• 08/25/22 - Ohio Department of Health launches new monkeypox cases dashboard
• 08/02/22 - ODH awards $6.89 million to address community conditions that impact health
• 07/27/22 - Director’s Journal Entry: In Re: Monkeypox Virus Reporting – Ohio Revised Code 3701.23
• 06/16/22 - Health director reports first measles case in Ohio
• 06/13/22 - Ohio Department of Health identifies probable monkeypox case
• 06/03/22 - ODH Recognizes High School Students on World No Tobacco Day
• 05/18/22 - Ohio Department of Health, WIC program working to aid families during formula shortage
• 04/01/22 - First Pediatric Flu Death of Season Reported in Ohio
• 03/10/22 - Ohio Department of Health shifts to weekly COVID-19 data reporting
• 01/28/22 - New Partnership to Provide More Testing Kits to Ohioans
• 01/25/22 - COVID-19 Cases Count to be Underreported Today Due to Electronic Lab Reporting Processing Error
• 01/12/22 - COVID-19 Testing Supplies for Ohio’s K-12 Schools, Colleges, and Universities

2021

• 12/30/21 - Ohio Department of Health Aligns with Updated CDC Quarantine and Isolation Guidance
• 12/23/21 - Schedule Opens for Next Week’s W.O. Walker Cleveland Community COVID-19 Testing Site
• 12/22/21 - New Registration Process for Walker Cleveland Community COVID-19 Testing Site
• 12/20/21 - Community COVID-19 Testing Site Opening Tuesday in Cleveland
• 12/11/21 - Omicron Variant Detected in Ohio
• 12/02/21 - Daily Ohio Vax-2-School Winners Announced
• 12/01/21 - Final Ohio Vax-2-School Deadline is Today, Wednesday, Dec. 1
• 12/01/21 - Daily Ohio Vax-2-School Winners Announced
• 11/30/21 - Daily Ohio Vax-2-School Winners Announced
• 11/30/21 - Dr. John M. Weigand to Serve as Medical Director at Ohio Department of Health and Ohio Department of Aging
• 11/29/21 - Daily Ohio Vax-2-School Winners Announced
• 11/28/21 - Second Ohio Vax-2-School Deadline is Today, Sunday, Nov. 28
• 11/27/21 - Second Ohio Vax-2-School Deadline is Tomorrow
• 11/21/21 - First Ohio Vax-2-School Deadline is Today
• 11/20/21 - First Ohio Vax-2-School Deadline is Tomorrow
• 11/19/21 - ODH Issues Statement on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Expansion
• 11/19/21 - Three Days Remain Until First Ohio Vax-2-School Deadline
• 11/18/21 - Four Days Remain Until First Ohio Vax-2-School Deadline
• 11/15/21 - Less than a Week Left to Register for First Ohio Vax-2-School Program Drawing
• 11/03/21 - COVID-19 Vaccinations for Ohio Children 5-11 Years Old Can Begin Today
• 11/02/21 - COVID-19 Vaccines Will Soon Be Available to Ohioans Ages 5-11 Years Old
• 11/01/21 - Public Health Experts Continue to Urge Masking in School Settings
• 11/01/21 - Ohio Vax-2-School Program Expected to Include Children Ages 5 to 11 Years Old as Soon as This Week
• 10/29/21 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP) Eligibility Expanded
• 10/27/21 - ODH Emphasizes Importance of Childhood Vaccinations and Well-Child Visits
• 10/25/21 - Ohio Department of Health Releases Updated School Quarantine Guidance
• 10/08/21 - Ohio Vax-2-School scholarship drawing offers added incentive to choose to vaccinate
• 10/05/21 - Federal Report Shows Life-Saving Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccines
• 10/04/21 - Ohio Vax-2-School Portal Opens
• 10/01/21 - Ohio Vax-2-School To Award $2 Million in Scholarships
• 09/23/21 - Governor DeWine Issues Statement on Pfizer/Comirnaty COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses 
• 09/07/21 - Free Rapid At-Home COVID-19 Tests Available for Ohioans
• 08/26/21 - ODH Reminds Families That Best Protection Against COVID-19 is Vaccinations as Cases Increase
• 08/24/21 - ODH Announces 60 percent of Ohioans Ages 12 and Up Have Started the Vaccinated Process
• 08/23/21 - Ohio Department of Health Issues Statement on Full Approval of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
• 08/11/21 - National Weather Service Issues Heat Advisory in Several Ohio Counties
• 08/05/21 - Updated Guidelines for Quarantine After Exposure in K-12 Classroom Settings Released
• 08/02/21 - August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month
• 07/27/21 - Ohio Department of Health Releases Updated K-12 Schools Guidance
• 07/17/21 - Ohio Department of Health Urges COVID-19 Precautions at Residential Camps
• 06/23/21 - Ohio's Final Vax-a-Million Drawing Winners Announced
• 06/22/21 - Governor DeWine signs bills for stroke protocols, public awareness for diabetes and cardiovascular disease
• 06/21/21 - Final Ohio Vax-a-Million Winner Announcement is This Wednesday
• 06/18/21 - Only Three Days Remain to Enter Final Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing
• 06/17/21 - Only Four Days Remain to Enter Final Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing
• 06/16/21 - Ohio’s Fourth Vax-a-Million Drawing Winners Announced 
• 06/14/21 - Ohio Vax-a-Million Winner Announcement Set for Wednesday at 7:29 p.m.
• 06/13/21 - Deadline to enter fourth Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Today
• 06/10/21 - Ohio Department of Health Public Meeting Notice
• 06/09/21 - Ohio's Third Vax-a-Million Drawing Winners Announced
• 06/07/21 - Ohio Department of Health to Host Press Conference on COVID-19 Vaccine Myths and Fertility
• 06/06/21 - Deadline to enter third Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Today
• 06/05/21 - Deadline to enter third Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Tomorrow
• 06/02/21 - Ohio’s Second Vax-a-Million Drawing Winners Announced
• 06/02/21 - Ohio Department of Health Rescinds Pandemic Health Orders
• 06/01/21 - Vax-a-Million Winner Announcement Set for Wednesday at 7:29 p.m.
• 05/30/21 - CORRECTED: Reminder, Deadline to enter second Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Today
• 05/30/21 - Reminder: Deadline to enter first Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Today
• 05/29/21 - Reminder: Deadline to enter second Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Tomorrow
• 05/28/21 - Ohioans continue to get vaccinated, sign up for next Vax-a-Million lottery drawing
• 05/26/21 - Ohio’s First Vax-a-Million Drawing Winners Announced
• 05/24/21 - Ohio Lottery Conducts First Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing
• 05/23/21 - Reminder: Deadline to enter first Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Today
• 05/22/21 - Deadline to enter first Ohio Vax-a-Million Drawing is Tomorrow
• 05/21/21 - Ohioans Warned to Beware of Scams Seeking Private Information
• 05/20/21 - Ohio Vax-a-Million Drives Increase in Vaccination Across State
• 05/19/21 - Ohio Department of Health Notes Increasing Vaccination Rates
• 05/18/21 - Hundreds of Thousands of Ohioans Enter Ohio Vax-a-Million
• 05/17/21 - Ohio Vax-a-Million Details Announced
• 03/10/21 - Ohio Changing Travel Guidance for COVID-19
• 03/10/21 - Cincinnati-Area Mom Uses Count the Kicks, Saves Her Baby’s Life
• 02/11/21 - Ohio Department of Health Open Virtual Meeting Notice
• 02/10/21 - Ohio to add approximately 4,000 COVID-19 deaths to death total
• 02/02/21 - Data for Second COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Released on Dashboard
• 01/20/21 - ODH Suspends Provider after COVID-19 Vaccines Found Unusable
• 01/02/21 - Two-Day Total of COVID-19 Cases Released from ODH

2020

• 12/31/20 - Advisory System Maps shows continued Impact of COVID-19 Across Ohio
• 12/24/20 - New Advisory System Maps show Impact of COVID-19 Across Ohio
• 12/22/20 - Ohio Department of Health Announces Arrival of Next Shipments of Vaccine
• 12/17/20 - Infant Deaths In Ohio Drop for Third Straight Year
• 12/08/20 - ODH Clarifies Today’s Hospital Numbers
• 12/08/20 - ODH Clears Backlog of Antigen Tests
• 11/27/20 - ODH Releases Two-Day Total of COVID-19 Cases
• 11/25/20 - Counties reach highest risk level of state Public Health Advisory System
• 11/25/20 - Chief Health Opportunity Advisor Named
• 09/18/20 - ODH Releases Halloween Guidance
• 08/19/20 - State Minority Health Strike Force Launches “More Than A Mask” Campaign
• 08/15/20 - Use of Face Shields Not Appropriate Substitute for Masks
• 05/12/20 - Ohio Receives Remdesivir to be Distributed Statewide
• 04/08/20 - ODH Announces Statewide Breastfeeding Hotline
• 03/31/20 - ODH Receives All Allocated PPE from the Strategic National Stockpile
• 03/06/20 - ODH Opens Call Center to Help With COVID-19 Response
• 03/02/20 - ODH to Update Coronavirus 2019 Numbers Daily
• 02/25/20 - Ohio Infant Deaths Drop in 2018 for Second Consecutive Year
• 02/21/20 - New Report Showing County-Type Breakdown of 2018 Drug Overdose Deaths
• 02/14/20 - Ohio Weekly Flu Hospitalizations Continue to Rise
• 02/07/20 - Ohio Weekly Flu Hospitalizations Jump to Highest of Season
• 02/06/20 - Web-Based Interactive Dashboard ED Visits for Suspected Drug Overdoses in Ohio
• 02/05/20 - ODH Monitoring Person Under Investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus
• 02/02/20 - Results of two Ohio 2019 Novel Coronavirus tests come back negative 
• 01/24/20 - ODH classifies 2019-novel Coronavirus immediately reportable disease
• 01/14/20 - Protect Your Family from Cancer; Check your Home for Radon
• 01/13/20 - Ohio Department of Health Open Meeting Notice
• 01/03/20 - First Pediatric Flu Death of Season Reported in Ohio

2019

• 12/16/19 - Spread the Joy this Holiday Season – Not the Flu
• 11/15/19 - ODH Awarded $12 Million to Address Maternal Mortality in Ohio
• 11/13/19 - Suicide Deaths Increased Among All Ohioans
• 10/15/19 - Ohio “Tobacco 21” Law Takes Effect on Oct. 17
• 10/10/19 - Flu Season Under Way – Ideal Time to Get Your Flu Shot!
• 09/25/19 - Ohio Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case and Death in 2019
• 09/19/19 - Ohio Department of Health Open Meeting Notice
• 09/10/19 - ODH Announces New Initiatives About Vaping Dangers
• 09/09/19 - Statement on U.S. FDA Warning Letter to JUUL Labs 
• 09/04/19 - Ohio Public Health Officials Confirm Cases in Vaping Investigation
• 08/23/19 - Investigating Reports - Severe Pulmonary Illness Following Vaping
• 07/12/19 - Health Director Reports First Measles Case in Ohio
• 06/17/19 - Fight the Bite! Prevent Mosquito Bites and the Diseases They Carry
• 06/13/19 - ODH Names Medical Director
• 06/06/19 - Statement from Director of Health on Lifting Water Restrictions
• 06/05/19 - Stillbirth Prevention Public Awareness Campaign Launches in Ohio
• 06/02/19 - Statement from Director of Health on Patient’s Death at Mount Carmel Grove City 
• 06/01/19 - Director of Health Issues Adjudication Order to Protect Public Health
• 05/23/19 - Director of Health Announces Additional State Funding to Combat Hepatitis A Outbreak
• 05/07/19 - Prevent Tick Bites and the Diseases they Carry
• 05/03/19 - Children and Adults Should be Up-to-Date on Recommended Vaccinations
• 04/24/19 - 2019 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory
• 03/22/19 - Health of Ohio’s Kids Focus of Multi-Agency Conference
• 02/22/19 - Flu Activity in Ohio Increasing Again After Initial Decline
• 02/05/19 - First Pediatric Flu Death of Season Reported in Ohio
• 01/11/19 - Flu Activity Increasing in Ohio; Still Time to Get a Flu Shot

2018

• 12/18/18 - Group Prenatal Care Model Project Addressing Prematurity
• 12/06/18 - 2017 Ohio Infant Mortality Report
• 09/27/18 - Annual Drug Overdose Report Shows Eight-Year Low...
• 09/24/18 - Earlier Vaccination Urged as Flu Season Approaches
• 08/17/18 - Raccoon-Rabies Vaccination Baiting Begins
• 07/23/18 - Ohio Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case in 2018
• 06/22/18 - ODH Declares Statewide Community Outbreak of Hepatitis A
• 06/15/18 - Hot Temperatures Expected This Weekend Across Ohio...
• 05/04/18 - With the Arrival of Warm Weather in Ohio, Be Sure to Prevent Tick, Mosquito Bites...
• 04/26/18 - Vaccination Urged for Ohioans at Risk for Hepatitis A
• 04/19/18 - Inaugural Home Visiting Summit Attracts More Than 400 Professionals From Across Ohio
• 01/10/18 - First Pediatric Flu Death Reported in Ohio
• 01/05/18 - Seasonal Flu Hospitalizations Top 2,000

2017

• 12/08/17 - Flu Activity in Ohio Elevated to "Widespread"
• 12/15/17 - Flu Activity Increasing in Ohio; Still Time to Get Flu Shot
• 11/09/17 - Tick-Borne Lyme Disease Cases in Ohio Rise  
• 10/18/17 - Influenza Season Begins in Ohio; Ideal Time to Get a Flu Shot
• 10/06/17 - 2016 Ohio Infant Mortality Report
• 09/06/17 - First 2017 Ohio Death in a Human West Nile Virus Case Reported
• 08/31/17 - Health Department Warns of Phone Call Scam Seeking Personal Information
• 08/30/17 - Fentanyl, Carfentanil and Cocaine Drive Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths in 2016  
• 08/16/17 - Ohio Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case in 2017
• 08/08/17 - Be Prepared for Back-To-School, Get Your Children Vaccinated  
• 05/09/17 - Fight the Bite: Mosquito and Tick Season Begins in Ohio
• 03/22/17 - Protect Yourself Against Zika Virus During Spring Break Travel  
• 02/24/17 - Flu-Related Hospitalizations Remain at High Level
• 02/10/17 - Flu-Associated Hospitalizations Continue to Increase; Third Pediatric Death in Two Weeks
• 01/18/17 - Flu Widespread Across Ohio

2016

• 11/16/16 - Number of Ohio Infant Deaths Rise in 2015; State Surging New Resources...
• 10/27/16 - Flu Season Arrives in Ohio; Time to Get Vaccinated
• 09/09/16 - First 2016 Ohio Death in a Human West Nile Virus Case
• 08/26/16 - Ohio's First Human West Nile Virus Cases Reported for 2016
• 08/25/16 - Illicit Fentanyl Continues to Fuel Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths in Ohio
• 08/19/16 - Raccoon-Rabies Vaccination Baiting Begins August 22
• 08/02/16 - Start the School Year Off Right by Getting Vaccinated  
• 08/01/16 - CDC Issues Updated Guidance on Pregnant Women and Travel to Florida Area
• 07/20/16 - Hot Temperatures Expected This Week Across Ohio
• 06/22/16 - Ohio Reporting Its First Zika Virus Case Acquired Through Sexual Transmission
• 06/03/16 - Finding that Prince Died from Fentanyl Overdose Underscores Rise of Drug...  
• 05/27/16 - State Strengthens Harmful Algae Bloom Response Strategy For Recreational Waters
• 05/12/16 - State Launches Public Awareness Campaign to Promote Naloxone  
• 04/20/16 - Take Precautions to Prevent Mosquito-Borne and Tick-Borne Diseases
• 03/28/16 - CDC Issues Updated Zika Virus Recommendations
• 03/22/16 - CDC Report on Ohio Visit Examining Increase in Fentanyl-Related Drug Overdose Deaths 
• 03/16/16 - Ohio Department of Health Laboratory Begins Zika Virus Surveillance Testing
• 02/27/16 - Scrap Metal Facilities Receive Shipments Containing Low Levels of Radiation UPDATE 2 
• 02/25/16 - Scrap Metal Facilities Receive Shipments Containing Low Levels of Radiation UPDATE
• 02/24/16 - Scrap Metal Facilities Receive Shipments Containing Low Levels of Radiation
• 02/23/16 - CDC Encourages Following Guidance to Prevent Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus
• 02/19/16 - CDC Issues New Guidance on Zika Virus
• 02/14/16 - Ohio Reports Two New Zika Virus Cases in Returning Travelers
• 02/09/16 - Ohio Reports First Zika Virus Case in Returning Traveler