Health + Wellness

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…

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…

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…

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…

Lab led by researcher Blanton Tolbert partners with international scientists, seeks expanded NIH support to "target virus at molecular level" A team of scientists, including Blanton Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University, and his research…