Franklin County Public Health launches campaign to fight the stigma of addiction

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To thwart public misconceptions about drug and alcohol addiction and recovery, Franklin County Public Health launched the "Recover For Life" campaign Wednesday.

This anti-stigma initiative is part of the federal Centers for Disease Control's Overdose to Action grant awarded to the county health department in September 2019. The three-year CDC grant provides over $3 million annually to fight the opioid crisis and confront the disease of addiction.

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Do forehead thermometers really work as COVID-19 precaution?

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Before greeting his co-workers and beginning a workday at Ohio State Cancer University's James Cancer Hospital, Abood Sohub is met with a thermometer "gun" just inches from his head, a procedure now commonplace in a world wrestling with the effects of COVID-19.

Across area hospitals, grocery stores, dental offices and local gyms, these devices, known as non-contact infrared thermometers, are used as an initial defense against potential COVID-19 carriers who have a fever. The thermometer gun measures a person’s surface temperature without making contact with their skin.

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Nationwide Children’s, Columbus city and schools team up on reproductive education

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Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been awarded a $2.5 million federal grant to support and expand its health care services in Columbus City Schools, aiming to limit adolescents’ reproductive-health challenges.

Mayor Andrew J. Ginther said the grant, awarded by the Office of Population Affairs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will reduce health-care disparities and improve services for residents across Franklin County.

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Teacher: It's 'pure torture' not to see students for rest of year due to coronavirus

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Pure torture, that's how preschool teacher Stephanie Chase described knowing she wouldn't be able to see her students in person for the remainder of the school year.

Following Governor Eric Holcomb's decision to close all K-12 school buildings across the state Thursday, Chase, a special needs teacher at Culver Family Learning Center, was nearly fighting back tears reflecting on the school year's final moments.

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