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The clock is ticking for Elon Musk to buy Twitter—and he's running out of timeBusiness Insider: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, noted the pressure facing Elon Musk in the days leading up to his purchase of Twitter. If he’d gone to court, he would have likely lost, said Alon-Beck. “He…

How NASCAR’s switch to unleaded gas boosted test scores near racetracks The Hill: Robert Fischer, associate professor and the co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed a new study that…

COVID-19 takes cognitive toll on older patientsPsychiatric News: Rong Xu, director at the Center for AI in Drug Discovery and professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine, discussed the impacts of COVID-19 infection on older patients, including cognitive decline. “We need to watch…

Berger receives CWRU School of Medicine Lifetime Achievement AwardCleveland Jewish News: Nathan Berger, the Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine at the School of Medicine, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the School of Medicine. 

Cheapest car insurance in OhioWalletHub: Anirban Mondal, associate professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the ways in which insurance companies decide the rates they charge to customers—including consideration of gender, age and occupation. “It is found from several research…

Cleveland doctor, who said COVID-19 vax makes people magnetic, under state investigationWEWS: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, discussed whether the state’s medical board could investigate a physician for deliberately spreading…

Insomnia, explainedHealthCentral: Michael Decker, associate professor at the School of Medicine, discussed factors related to insomnia. “For many years, health professionals saw insomnia as a symptom rather than a cause of depression,” Decker said, adding that more recent research indicates the…

The truth about melatonin and whether it’s safe for kidsThe Skimm: Carol Rosen, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed the use of melatonin for children. “There are certain groups of children with special developmental disorders whose clocks don't work as well, and for that group, it's…

Officials: No fentanyl found in California cereal boxesThe Associated Press: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed bogus claims that drug traffickers are poisoning children with fentanyl in cereal. The use of cereal to conceal the drugs is most likely a smuggling…

Musk Twitter firings carry legal risk for newly private platform, lawyers sayBarron’s: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, said Elon Musk may have saved Twitter millions by firing the company’s former top executives, but the move could prove costly by exposing the company to legal claims.…