It's been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic first arrived in Ohio. While many of COVID's hallmarks have receded, its impact remains.

Although the pandemic put a stop to many businesses in central Ohio, some lucky ones got their start during that time.

On this date five years ago, state leaders held one of the first COVID-19 press conferences at the Ohio Statehouse. Flashback: Sans masks and social distancing, Gov. Mike DeWine, then-health director Amy Acton and others spoke mainly of new virus testing capabilities.

Five years have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Ohio. In its early days, the coronavirus left communities and leaders reeling and searching for ways to adapt. Schools and businesses were abruptly closed, many central Ohioans began working from home and grocery store shelves were briefly cleared out by a panicked public.

The COVID-19 pandemic that began 5 years ago caused changes that still are felt today in our politics, schools, hospitals, workplaces and homes.

Whether Ohioans will get $900 million in federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits remains up in the air — despite a judge's order to dole out the money.

We didn’t have choices — or, to put it differently, the choices were taken from us. In his book “ The Paradox of Choice ,” psychologist Barry Schwartz popularized the idea that too many choices produce paralysis and then often discontent. Here, instead of choice, we had constraint. And in constraint I discovered a new kind of freedom.

Lindsay McCoy spoke with former Ohio Department of Health Director and Valley native Dr. Amy Acton on 21 News at 5 about her candidacy, her work during the COVID-19 pandemic and her goals for Ohio.

National Public Radio recently posted a questionnaire on its website asking readers to reflect on their experiences when the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down in 2020. For those who were able to quickly resume their usual routines after the World Health Organization announced an end to the pandemic in May 2023,

But five years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended life in Ohio and across the globe, its impact lingers. Hospitals, which once served as the frontlines of the fight against COVID, have been ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was just getting started and the ... The news is not good:' Reading, math scores in Ohio still worse than pre-pandemic Their social skills suffered, too.

Five years have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Ohio. In its early days, the coronavirus left communities and leaders reeling and searching for ways to adapt. Schools and businesses ...