Health & Wellness Section :: Page 11

• ‘Chop wood, carry water’— Trainer offers tips for healthy winter

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 8, 2020

  

  As the winter months approach, many Americans are thinking about how they’ll stay healthy and combat the “winter blues” once it turns cold — especially as the pandemic continues unabated.

• COVID-19 cases mount in YS

  By Audrey HackettDecember 5, 2020

  

  While the village has lagged surrounding communities in its rate and spread of COVID-19, local organizations and businesses are beginning to see — and in some instances publicly announce — more positive cases here.

• DeWine outlines vaccine distribution plan

  By Audrey HackettDecember 4, 2020

  

  Ohio is about 10 days away from receiving its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. Frontline health care workers, emergency medical personnel and residents and staff at nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other congregate living settings will be the first recipients of the vaccine.

• Local COVID-19 response— Village steps up enforcement

  By Megan BachmanNovember 29, 2020

  

  As the third wave of the coronavirus rages through the state and county, the Village of Yellow Springs is cracking down on behaviors that could further spread COVID-19 in town.

• COVID-19 contact tracing— More cases, more contacts

  By Audrey HackettNovember 25, 2020

  

  The local health department’s contact tracing team now includes nine people, including employees from the Ohio Department of Health, part of the state’s scaled-up contact tracing workforce.

• Gov. DeWine imposes curfew

  By Megan BachmanNovember 18, 2020

  

  At a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 17, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the state was imposing a curfew to help curb the “dramatic” spread of COVID-19 in the state.

• DeWine imposes curfew to slow “dramatic” COVID-19 spread

  By Megan BachmanNovember 17, 2020

  

  At a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 17, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the state was imposing a curfew to help curb the “dramatic” spread of COVID-19 in the state.

• New state order: businesses must enforce mask wearing

  By Audrey HackettNovember 11, 2020

  

  The governor on Nov. 11 issued a revised mask order for businesses in Ohio with a penalty for non-compliance, as well as indicating that the state would shut down restaurants, bars and fitness centers if COVID-19 spread doesn’t improve by the end of next week.

• COVID-19 update— ‘There is no place to hide’ in Ohio

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  October brought a whirlwind of bad news about COVID-19 spread in Ohio. New cases soared statewide, hospitalizations increased and more counties than ever flipped to “red” on the state’s COVID-19 heat map.

• Indoor visitation suspended at Friends Care Community

  By YS News StaffOctober 29, 2020

  

  Indoor visitation is suspended at Friends Care Community until further notice due to COVID-19 increases in Greene County.