DeWine names Joan Duwve to succeed Amy Acton as Ohio health director

Gov. Mike DeWine has hired an Ohio State University graduate as the state's new health director. Dr. Joan Duwve is expected to start in early October, the governor said during Thursday's coronavirus briefing. She was hired as director of public health in April at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Dr. Amy Acton resigned as director of Ohio Department of Public Health in June but remained an adviser to the governor on the cornavirus pandemic response until August,…