Health & Wellness Section :: Page 21

• “It’s going to be a while”: Highlights from governor’s March 14 press briefing

  By Audrey HackettMarch 14, 2020

  

  Read highlights from Gov. Mike DeWine’s Sunday, March 14, press briefing on COVID-19 in Ohio.

• Yellow Springs leaders gather to coordinate COVID-19 response

  By Audrey HackettMarch 13, 2020

  

  Local leaders gathered Friday morning, March 13, to share information and preparedness plans and begin to coordinate a unified response to the evolving coronavirus situation in Ohio.

• DeWine on coronavirus: “It’s spreading all throughout the state of Ohio”

  By Megan Bachman

  

  On Friday, March 13, after voting early at the Greene County Board of Elections in Xenia, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine answered questions from area media. DeWine addressed the state’s response to the growing threat of the COVID-19 virus, which state leaders have said is spreading quickly, and largely undetected, through the state.

• Coronavirus updates for Yellow Springs — Page 2

  By YS News Staff

  

  As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic develops, organizations and institutions in Yellow Springs are responding. The News will keep this page updated with new information, event cancellations and public statements from local entities.

• Free HIV testing March 4

  By YS News StaffMarch 1, 2020

  

  Free HIV testing, provided by Equitas Health, will be offered Wednesday, March 4, on the Antioch College campus.

• Free clinic fills care gaps

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 23, 2020

  

  Held Tuesday evenings from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Central Chapel AME Church, the local clinic has been operating for a year.

• ‘Stigma kills’ — Efforts target ongoing opioid, drug use

  By Megan BachmanAugust 15, 2019

  

  Those struggling with opioid addiction aren’t treated like other patients. Instead of being offered ongoing treatment from multiple medical professionals, patients with a substance use disorder were often left on their own.

• Annual Simply Women Ohio 5K to return this month

  By YS News StaffJune 12, 2019

  

  The annual Simply Women Ohio 5K run/walk for women and girls will be held Saturday, June 29, at 9 a.m. The race will begin at YS High School, with check-in and onsite registration from 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

• Dementia friendly project ends, but effort continues

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 4, 2019

  

  During the year-and-a-half duration of the Dementia Friendly Yellow Springs project, organizers were most surprised by the number of people who approached them to say they personally had a connection to the disease.

• Doctors see cannabis as medicine

  By Gary McBrideMarch 28, 2019

  

  Last month, Villager Paul Beck came to the screening of “Weed the People” to learn more about medical marijuana.