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Woman who criticized Brook Park nursing home official on Facebook faces jail time in case that tests First Amendment cleveland.com: School of Law faculty members Andrew Geronimo, Ray Ku and Jonathan Entin were cited for a friend-of-the-court brief they filed for a case about a woman charged with…

A people’s history of depression Psychiatric Times: Jonathan Sadowsky, the Theodore J. Castele Professor in the Department of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about the novel nature of looking at depression from a historian’s point of view, in book form.

Can it be done? Opening mass coronavirus vaccination sites would pose mammoth logistic challenges Gov Tech: Robert Bonamo, a professor at the School of Medicine, commented on the logistical considerations related to establishing temporary sites for delivering large numbers of COVID-19 vaccines.

Museums launch COVID-19 exhibits: Virus-shaped piñatas, ‘happy hour’ masks Wall Street Journal: Amanda Mahoney, chief curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center, discussed some of the exhibits and medical disposables of the past—related to pandemics of another era—at the museum. She’s said…

Dementia patients, especially if Black, at higher risk for COVID-19, says CWRU study cleveland.com: Pamela Davis, the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor at the School of Medicine, and Rong Xu, a professor of biomedical informatics, discussed their new research highlighting that the…

Restaurants and bars eager for patio seating for pandemic spring, and cities are obliging Columbus Dispatch (subscription required): Mark Cameron, associate professor at the School of Medicine, noted that COVID-19 is mutating into more contagious variants, which eventually could change advice from…

How masks in America became political statements Cheddar: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting assistant professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed how wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has become partisan—and how the current trends over mask politicization have…

Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax: Three practical questions The National Review (subscription required): Erik M. Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, noted his belief that a wealth tax would qualify as a direct tax.

We tried to find the best mouth guard for teeth grinding. We bit off more than we could chew. The New York Times: Leena Palomo, professor of periodontics and director of the DMD Periodontics Program at the School of Dental Medicine, discussed bruxism, an oral health issue commonly known as…

Goodyear-Cooper deal: Benefits, challenges and what’s ahead Tire Review: Gregory Jonas, professor of accounting at Weatherhead School of Management, said that the No. 1 reason given for business combinations—whether acquisitions or mergers—is synergies.