Health & Wellness Section :: Page 13

• A closer look at COVID’s first wave

  By Megan BachmanJune 18, 2020

  

  In light of reopening, the News reviews how the pandemic has played out so far in the village and county, and looks at plans to reduce the spread of the virus as the shutdown comes to an end.

• Yellow Springs’ own ‘Cassandra’: An interview with Dr. Allen Hunt

  By Megan BachmanJune 13, 2020

  

  This week, the News spoke with Dr. Allen Hunt, who was one of the earliest to sound the alarm about an impending pandemic. He addresses how the shutdown limited deaths from COVID-19, projections for a second wave, a potential vaccine and the problem with waiting for “herd immunity.”

• ‘We have to trust the math’: An interview with Dr. Skip Leeds

  By Megan BachmanJune 6, 2020

  

  Two weeks ago, Yellow Springs News editor Megan Bachman spoke with local physician Dr. Stuart “Skip” Leeds by phone to get his take on COVID-19 in the state of Ohio and Yellow Springs. He addresses masks, Ohio’s reopening plan, early pandemic projections, the possibility of a second wave and local responses to the threat.

• COVID-19 update— Nursing homes vulnerable

  By Audrey HackettJune 4, 2020

  

  Nursing homes across Ohio have adopted similar measures, and all have been operating under visitor restrictions since ordered to do so by the state health department on March 13.

• Varied views on mask rules

  By Megan BachmanMay 28, 2020

  

  Whether visitors and villagers are following those directives — and should be made to — has become a matter of local contention in recent weeks.

• Caution advised as stay-at-home restrictions lifted in Ohio

  By Audrey HackettMay 21, 2020

  

  Ohio’s stay-at-home restrictions have been lifted, but Ohioans are asked to exercise “personal responsibility and accountability to others” to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

• Reopening restaurants: An interview with Dan Young

  By Megan BachmanMay 18, 2020

  

  Local restaurateur Dan Young, of Young’s Jersey Dairy, who was tapped to help draft the new health and safety guidelines for restaurants, spoke with the News last week.

• Child care centers allowed to reopen on May 31

  By Audrey HackettMay 15, 2020

  

  Child care centers, day camps, campgrounds, gyms and fitness centers, pools and certain sports leagues were among the upcoming reopenings announced on May 14.

• Restaurants, bars and some personal care services to reopen

  By Audrey HackettMay 8, 2020

  

  Restaurants, bars and some personal care services will reopen soon, DeWine announced on May 7. Meanwhile, the state lags its testing capacity plan and controversy over face masks and executive health powers is intensifying.

• A Yellow Springer’s experience getting stuck in Tunisia during the coronavirus outbreak

  By Guest ContributorMay 7, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs native and former Yellow Springs News intern shares his story of how he barely made it out of Tunisia as the world was shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic.