The need for social distancing has accelerated the production of robots to cut down on worker interaction. Robots can sort recycling and stock grocery shelves and ease workplace fears about contamination. However one researcher says automated technology shouldn’t replace people but work in collaboration with them.

How the immune system responds to COVID-19 is one of the mysteries doctors and scientists are trying to solve. Our immune system usually functions as a bodyguard, protecting us against harmful bacteria and viruses. Yet, it’s behaving quite differently with novel coronavirus. Why?

The nation’s overcrowded prisons and jails have become hotbeds of coronavirus deaths and infections. In Ohio, a prison guard and three federal prisoners have died and the number of those infected grows by the day. Prison reform advocates demand urgent action.

Ohio jobless claims rose to nearly 700,000 in the last three weeks of reporting, as the coronavirus continues to inflict economic pain. As Ohio’s COVID-19 outlook improves, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday the state is working on a “fairly sophisticated plan” for a gradual return to normalcy, the details of which will be released “in the next week or so.”

This episode originally aired on April 7, 2020. Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on Monday named 24 lawmakers to a bipartisan task force that will research ways the Ohio House can speed economic recovery from the pandemic. Ohio’s budget office reported Monday that preliminary March tax receipts fell 10.5% or $159 million below expectations.

Ohio appears to be flattening the curve in the fight against the coronavirus. The latest projections have COVID-19 in Ohio peaking at around 1,600 new cases per day, down from an earlier estimate of nearly 10,000 cases per day just a few weeks ago.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered at least a quarter of the U.S. economy, costing more than 16 million jobs, nearly twice the jobless rate during the great recession.

After six years at the helm, Dr. Michael Drake faces his greatest challenge as Ohio State’s president: COVID-19.

COVID-19 means kids are home from school and many of us are working from home. Close quarters, job pressures, and a lack of work/leisure boundaries can add a lot of stress to relationships and families.

More than 6 million Americans filed unemployment claims in the last week of March. State unemployment systems are overwhelmed with applications and Ohio is no exception. Correction: The federal relief bill passed by Congress is expanding unemployment benefits to independent contractors, freelancers, 1099 workers, etc., and allows for up to 39 weeks of eligibility.