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Hydroxychloroquine has been touted by President Donald Trump as a way to treat and prevent the coronavirus. The Ohio pharmacy board planned to ban the drug as a COVID-19 treatment until Gov. Mike DeWine spoke up about it. The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy has changed course on its ban of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as coronavirus treatments following the governor’s urging to do so. Beginning Thursday, pharmacies, clinics and other medical institutions were to be prohibited from dispensing or selling the drugs to treat COVID-19, according to regulations issued by the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy. They could...

Cuyahoga County elections officials began scanning absentee ballots Monday with a judge's permission, despite a request by state officials that counties hold off until Election Day. About 70,000 ballots needed to be scanned in the county, the state's most populous, Cuyahoga elections director Michael Vu said. His office was determined to get through all of them Monday, even if it took until midnight. Franklin County, which includes Columbus, also started scanning absentee ballots Monday, officials said. Counties wanted to begin tabulating the ballots early because of the large volume turned in under a new state law liberalizing absentee voting. The...

Cleveland--State Sen. Eric Fingerhut of Shaker Heights has announced he is running for U.S. Senate in 2004. Fingerhut made his announcement the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats annual meeting January 13. Fingerhut told the 28 members gathered at the Lesbian and Gay Community Service Center of Cleveland. Fingerhut is the first Democrat to announce candidacy for the Senate seat now held by Republican George Voinovich. Fingerhut served in the U.S. House in 1992 and 1993, representing Lake, Ashtabula and eastern Cuyahoga counties in the then-19th District. He held an Ohio Senate seat from 1991 to 1992, and was elected to his present...