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March 16, 2022
Biden’s shots-for-millions rule hinges on Supreme Court showdown Bloomberg: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said that the Biden administration has “a rough hill to climb” to implement its vaccine mandate. While state and local authorities have well-established power to…
March 16, 2022
At-Home COVID Tests Accurate for Kids: Study U.S. News & World Report: Kristie Sun, a student at the School of Medicine, discussed a study she co-authored showing that at-home COVID-19 testing kits are highly accurate. “In turn, we hope that these results can inform educators in developing…
March 16, 2022
Are you interested in promoting STEM education in middle and high school students? Do you want to get involved with supporting the local education system? Or do you just really, really like genetics? Celebrate National DNA Day Monday, April 25, which commemorates the completion of the Human Genome…
March 16, 2022
Gym owners look for a return to normal, despite omicron The Columbus Dispatch: Mark Cameron, associate professor at the School of Medicine, said that while early death tolls and hospitalization rates suggest the omicron version of COVID is less severe than previous variants, infectious disease…
March 16, 2022
Are police overdosing by touching fentanyl? Experts say it’s unlikely. People are being locked up for it anyway. BuzzFeed: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, said that the hype around the perceived threat of death by simple exposure to fentanyl is harming overdose victims,…
March 16, 2022
Daunte Wright death: US 'Taser mix-up' ex-officer guilty of manslaughter BBC News: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, said it is "very rare" for police officers to be held legally responsible for deaths that happened in the line of…
March 16, 2022
Candida cleanses: Are anti-yeast diets just a fad? WebMD: Mahmoud Ghannoum, professor at the School of Medicine, said he’s happy that the general public wants to learn more about candida—he just wants the depictions to be accurate.
March 16, 2022
The CWRU Film Society has released its fourth-quarter schedule that includes plenty of co-sponsorships and special matinee showings as well as the 47th Science Fiction Marathon. Regular showtimes take place Fridays or Saturdays at 7 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. Tickets are $4 on CampusGroups or…
March 16, 2022
Omicron prompts rethink of vaccine impact, COVID-19 mandates Yahoo Finance: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, noted that the legality of states and local governments imposing vaccine mandates has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
March 16, 2022
Suburban Cleveland homicides rose in 2021, data shows cleveland.com: Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, blamed an increase in suburban homicide on the excessive number of guns already on the street and easy accessibility to them.