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Cleveland Clinic and UH requiring transplant patients to be vaccinated WEWS: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, discussed a recent move by hospitals to require those on a transplant list—and living donors—to have the vaccine for COVID-19.

Researchers receive $18 million grant to address cardiovascular health in underserved communities WEWS: Sadeer Al-Kindi, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed a new $18.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help his team help people with personalized, precise…

USPS Cleveland hiring 1,000 seasonal and full-time workers, hosting application workshops WEWS: Michael Goldberg, associate professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management and executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, discussed the ongoing worker…

Substance abuse raises risks of COVID after vaccination—especially if it’s weed Miami Herald: Rong Xu, professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine, discussed her new study that showed that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 lowers your chances of catching the coronavirus, but…

Mining fight, pocketknife record, Hitsville remodel: News from around our 50 states USA Today: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed the pending executions in Texas—the nation’s busiest capital punishment state—facing delays amid legal questions about the state’s refusal to allow…

They put me in solitary for drugs I didn’t have: Many prisons use faulty drug tests NBC News: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed low-cost narcotics tests, which are often imprecise and prone to user error. The problem, he said, isn’t specific to a single…

CMHA to offer free health screenings as part of health disparity research ideastream: Sanjay Rajagopalan, director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute and professor at the School of Medicine, said that researchers will use an $18.2 million grant to address how the social determinants of…

Ancora, Big Lots and Ohio's first ‘greenmailing' lawsuit Crain’s Cleveland Business: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, said an Ohio lawsuit that relies on a decades-old anti-greenmailing regulation could have a broad impact on the behavior of activist investors, depending on its outcome.

1 in 5 people still use opioids 3 months after surgery Healthline: Charles Luther, assistant professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, said clinicians need to educate their patients about the risks of opioid addiction following surgery, and patients have an obligation to learn about the…

Cleveland Viaduct now a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ideastream: Dario Gasparini, a professor of civil engineering who was instrumental in researching the historical importance of the Superior Viaduct in Cleveland, discussed its designation as a National Historical Civil…