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Vaccine hesitancy is nothing new ideastream: Amanda Mahoney, chief curator of the Dittrick Museum of Medical History at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that fear of getting vaccinated is nothing new—millions of Americans report being afraid of needles—and discussed the hesitancy to the…

Hard shifts, complicated patients: For Ohio hospitals, fight still on Spectrum 1 News: Christopher King, a professor in the Department of Pathology at the School of Medicine, said that hospitals are still having a hard time treating very ill patients who don’t always respond to the therapies.…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

Alzheimer’s disease: From diagnosis to treatment, change is coming Physician’s Weekly: Research by Rong Xu, professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine, was highlighted, which showed that—after an analysis of 62 million electronic health records in the U.S.—people with dementia…