EASTLAKE, Ohio– Lake County health officials now say there have been 12 confirmed cases of Legionella, including one death, between July 1 and Oct. 31. The Lake County General Health District said it took water samples from the cooling towers of Consolidated Precision Products on Lakeland Boulevard in Eastlake on Oct. 25 after being notified […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Ohio Department of Health is reporting Ohio’s first case of Zika virus in a returning traveler from Haiti. She’s a 30-year-old Cuyahoga County woman in Cleveland. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was reporting 35 cases of Zika virus in 12 states and the District of Columbia prior to Ohio’s […]

  Gordon Food Service Marketplace, which services Ohio, has been added to the list of retailers that may have received ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli. On May 19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the massive recall of 1.8 million pounds of ground beef from Wolverine Packing Company, a Detroit establishment. […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – As of Monday, April 14, there are 212 mumps cases reported in Franklin and Delaware counties. To date, 132 cases have been linked to The Ohio State University outbreak. Columbus Public Health (CPH) and Franklin County Public Health continue to investigate a growing number of mumps cases in the community, […]

The Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) is reporting its first confirmed West Nile Virus (WNV) case of 2012. WNV encephalitis was confirmed in a 48-year-old Cleveland man who is currently hospitalized. The Cleveland case brings Ohio’s reported WNV infections up to two cases. The first human case of WNV was reported in Clermont County, […]

CHESTERLAND, OH (WOIO) – In Chesterland, a student at West Geauga Middle School has viral meningitis. Principal Jim Kish tells 19 Action News, the student has been absent for a number of days and the school found out Thursday the child is being treated for viral meningitis. The classrooms are cleaned every day, but Kish […]

SUMMIT COUNTY (WOIO) – Summit County Health Commissioner Gene Nixon announced that two confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus Encephalitis have recently been reported to Summit County Public Health. These are the first confirmed human cases of WNV in Summit County since 2002. Unfortunately, a 78-year old resident of New Franklin expired on September 13, […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Health Department has confirmed another human case of the West Nile Virus. A 71-year-old Cleveland man is the latest to be sickened. A 19-year-old Cleveland-area girl was previously hospitalized in Cuyahoga County, and another Ohio teen was so bit by an infected mosquito in Putnam County. Inspectors from the Health […]