Franklin County Public Health is getting in the Halloween spirit with a unique emergency preparedness drill: a zombie ...

Jeff Klingler is president and CEO of Central Ohio Hospital Council. Joe Mazzola is health commissioner at Franklin County Public Health. Dr. Mysheika Roberts is health commissioner at Columbus Public ...

Franklin County Public Health will again spray for West Nile virus Sept. 29 and 30 and Oct. 2 in parts of the county where mosquitoes were found to be infected with the virus. All spraying will begin ...

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Public health officials with Columbus and Franklin County said Friday that a person infected with measles visited a school and Target store in New Albany on Thursday, Sept. 25. Health officials said ...

Franklin County outpacing Ohio’s West Nile rate Local News / Aug 14, 2025 / 05:36 PM EDT Local and state numbers show West Nile Virus is the most active it's been in years. Franklin County public ...

The Franklin County Commissioners have proclaimed the week of Sept. 14 to be National Co-Responder and Crisis Responder Week in Franklin County. The proclamation aims to recognize the efforts of ...

A person in Franklin County has been infected with West Nile Virus. It's the first confirmed human case of the mosquito-borne illness there since the early 2000s. County public health officials ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Through its mosquito surveillance program, Franklin County Public Health is seeing its highest level of West Nile virus in years. “This has been a very, very active virus year, ...

The Franklin County Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board is asking voters to approve a 10-year, 3.35-mill property tax levy, including a 0.5 mill increase, on Nov. 4. If passed, the levy would cost ...

Franklin County Public Health (FCPH) will be conducting more insecticide spraying in areas where mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus have been found. Spraying will occur July 21 and 22 in all or ...