/tags/columbus-public-health Columbus Public Health en-US Copyright Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:41:17 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-25/columbus-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-for-cutting-health-funding Columbus Public Health terminated 11 infectious disease staffers after the Trump administration eliminated $11.4 billion in grants nationwide for infectious disease funding. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:41:17 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-25/columbus-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-for-cutting-health-funding Mark Ferenchik, Nick DeSantis /politics-government/2025-04-02/federal-funding-cuts-hit-columbus-public-health Columbus Public Health recently lost about half of a $6 million grant for COVID-19 enhanced operations, leading CPH to let go of 11 infectious disease investigators. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:37:16 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-02/federal-funding-cuts-hit-columbus-public-health Allie Vugrincic /2025-03-11/columbus-public-health-leader-recalls-start-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-five-years-later Five years after COVID-19 started spreading in Ohio, Dr. Mysheika Roberts, health commissioner of Columbus Public Health, is reflecting on the community's response. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:00:00 GMT /2025-03-11/columbus-public-health-leader-recalls-start-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-five-years-later Debbie Holmes /2025-01-30/student-tests-positive-for-tuberculosis-at-whitehall-yearling-high-school Whitehall City Schools has identified students who need to be tested after possible exposure. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:21:04 GMT /2025-01-30/student-tests-positive-for-tuberculosis-at-whitehall-yearling-high-school Mark Ferenchik /2022-11-28/columbus-measles-outbreak-grows-to-32-confirmed-cases The outbreak began in June with the first recorded measles case in Columbus in over 20 years. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:19:05 GMT /2022-11-28/columbus-measles-outbreak-grows-to-32-confirmed-cases /2022-11-14/researchers-find-bans-on-menthol-cigarettes-sales-can-lead-to-higher-tobacco-quit-rates As Columbus contemplates becoming the first city in Ohio to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes, data is starting to come in from areas that have implemented bans themselves, including the entire county of Canada where researchers are finding a reduction in smoking. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:00:00 GMT /2022-11-14/researchers-find-bans-on-menthol-cigarettes-sales-can-lead-to-higher-tobacco-quit-rates Renee Fox /2022-09-01/record-numbers-of-black-and-brown-people-are-dying-of-drug-overdoses-in-franklin-county Black people had the second highest overdose death rate in 2020. In Franklin County drug deaths among blacks were up 55%. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 09:00:00 GMT /2022-09-01/record-numbers-of-black-and-brown-people-are-dying-of-drug-overdoses-in-franklin-county Natasha Williams /news/2022-08-26/columbus-public-health-to-host-a-community-discussion-on-gun-violence Columbus Public Health will host a community discussion on Saturday to share perspectives on gun violence prevention. Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:00:55 GMT /news/2022-08-26/columbus-public-health-to-host-a-community-discussion-on-gun-violence /2022-07-26/columbus-health-commissioner-separates-facts-from-fiction-about-monkeypox The federal government anticipates sending more vaccines to states like Ohio sometime in August. Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:17:48 GMT /2022-07-26/columbus-health-commissioner-separates-facts-from-fiction-about-monkeypox Natasha Williams /2022-07-25/climate-change-upping-the-ante-in-fight-against-disease-carrying-mosquitoes Columbus and other cities routinely spray for mosquitoes. It helps keep the pests at bay and limit disease, but climate change appears poised to make the job of fighting the biters more difficult. Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /2022-07-25/climate-change-upping-the-ante-in-fight-against-disease-carrying-mosquitoes Matthew Rand