Health + Wellness

The nation was already clinically anxious enough. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 19% of American adults experience at least one anxiety disorder over any 12-month period. And that was before the coronavirus outbreak. “In a matter of just a few weeks, most Americans had their...

First-year med student talks about volunteering to help out against COVID-19 Kevin Zhai, 29, a first-year medical student at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, has been volunteering at a Cleveland medical clinic and talked about how he and others have helped by volunteering....

Isaac Levine, a third-year medical student who was pulled off his clinical rotation when COVID-19 restrictions were put in place, found himself with free time and wanted to do something to help those on the front lines. He joined forces with fellow students Abby Gross and Daniel Li to address the sh...

When the COVID-19 outbreak started to become increasingly prevalent in Northeast Ohio, Mitchell Thom, a first-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University, and his friends were looking for ways to help. The group started discussing how much physicians and health care employees on the fron...

The coronavirus test isn't as scary as it looks Mashable: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, described the swabbing test required to determine if a person has COVID-19, which requires a health professional to insert what is essenti...

More Than 1,000 Coronavirus Cases Among New York Nursing Homes Wall Street Journal: Robin Jump, associate professor of medicine, spoke about the growing number of coronavirus cases in nursing homes: “[It] speaks to … how difficult infection protection and control is,” she said, adding that nursing ...

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Manufacturers in Akron, Cleveland and Erie (PA) to produce 5,000 shields per day An engineering team from Case Western Reserve University, Nottingham Spirk and Penn State Behrend have partnered with manufacturers in Northeast Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania, to launch rapid production of face shields f...