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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| Though mosquitoes are gone, a virus they spread is alive and well here in Ohio. |
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By Bill Cohen - November 30, 2011 |
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For several years, there’s been an overall downward trend in the number of human cases of West Nile virus in Ohio. But now, there’s word that this year’s cases reversed that trend. The illness usually appears in summer months, when infected mosquitoes bite humans. Richard Gary is the top bug expert at the Ohio Department of Health. He talks with statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen about the rise in the number of human cases this year. |
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Richard Gary with Bill Cohen (2:57) 
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| Now that Ohio has been hit with frost, the traditional season for West Nile virus has ended. The number of human cases may still be adjusted as recent cases are reported. But at the moment, Ohio has 21 confirmed cases of the illness this year. In one of those cases, the patient died. |
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