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March 19, 2021
Inside deadly COVID-19 hot spots, many prisoners fear vaccine ideastream: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, said a court might uphold a vaccine mandate if prisons tried to issue one, but past experience might give them pause, noting a 1993 incident at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility at…
March 19, 2021
4 comments about Black people's hair you should stop making and why they're microaggressions MSN: Sophia Toe, a student at the School of Medicine, commented on workplace and professional policies that can be culturally incompetent for not considering differences in hair care.
March 19, 2021
Why LGBTQIA people may feel more isolated during the pandemic HealthLine: Scott Emory Moore, assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, provided detail and context to a recent study with collaborators that showed that those who identify as sexual gender minorities appear to…
March 19, 2021
Now, more than ever, let's listen to—and support—our nurses Health Affairs: Shanina Knighton, clinical nurse scientist at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, commented on the need for more stringent safety measures even after the pandemic passes, and called for taking safety measures…
March 19, 2021
5 things parents need to know about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children Parents: Lolita McDavid, professor of general pediatrics and adolescent medicine, discussed the strange syndrome with ties to COVID-19 affecting children across the country.
March 19, 2021
Sheldon Whitehouse's mistaken crusade against the Supreme Court Newsweek: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and refuted claims that the U.S. Supreme Court has some sort of improper business-oriented bias.
March 19, 2021
The importance of diversifying Alzheimer's research NPR: Leah Cummings, a research associate at the School of Medicine, was highlighted for recruiting families and minorities for a study of genes involved with memory loss, given that a disproportionate number of Black Americans develop Alzheimer’s…
March 19, 2021
Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel presented a paper entitled “Vulnerable Populations and Vaccine Injury Compensation: The Need for Legal Reform” at a conference hosted by Harvard and Yale Law Schools. The event, which took place remotely on February 23, 2021, was entitled “The COVID-19 and…
March 19, 2021
Led by cancer center directors and chief medical officers, the American Association of Cancer Institutes (AACI) initiated a mixed-methods survey of the status of cancer care across cancer center networks, results of which have been recently published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive…
March 19, 2021
Eight months into his role as the head athletic trainer at Case Western Reserve University, Tom Monagan had his first opportunity to work at an athletic competition last weekend when the softball team returned to action. It had been over a year since he last attended an event in his previous role…