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August 26, 2020
Navigating the challenges in protecting Cleveland’s homeless from COVID-19 FreshWater Cleveland: Michael Seidman, an assistant professor of medicine, highlighted efforts to provide COVID-19 testing to staff and residents at the various homeless shelters around Cleveland.
August 26, 2020
Choice of Kamala Harris as VP candidate point of pride for Indian community cleveland.com: Deepak Sarma, a professor of religious studies and a second-generation Indian American and South Asianist scholar, spoke of how his family celebrated the nomination of Kamala Harris—whose parents were from…
August 26, 2020
Thursday was 'Black Women Equal Pay Day,' highlighting the pay disparity compared to white men WEWS: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, pointed out that over a 40-year career, black women earn almost $950,000 less than white men.
August 26, 2020
Behind the Big Ten’s decision to cancel football lurks this rare heart condition linked to coronavirus cleveland.com: Scott Frank, an associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, discussed myocarditis, or inflammation in the heart,…
August 26, 2020
US Postal service scrambling for funding to ensure mail-in ballots are counted in time WEWS: Daniel Shoag, associate professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management, commented on cuts to the United States Postal Service, such as the removal of sorting machines and employee overtime,…
August 26, 2020
Kamala Harris can bait Trump, giving Biden vital cover from his attacks Newsweek: Justin Buchler, associate professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about the race for U.S. president, saying that incumbents are generally the main focal points in elections—making…
August 26, 2020
Racism is a public health crisis, says doctor who helps African Americans WOUB: Greg Hall, an assistant professor at the School of Medicine, said systemic racism is a public health crisis across the United States. Hall said he is attempting, in his practice, to combat racial disparities “one…
August 26, 2020
The Supreme Court’s imaginary ‘hard right’ turn The National Review: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed the “persistent effort in some corners” to paint the Supreme Court as a “hard right” institution, and Chief Justice Roberts in particular as a relentless…
August 26, 2020
Restarting professional sports is putting players at risk and sending the wrong message to the public Healthline: Mark Cameron, an associate professor at the School of Medicine, commented on the differing approaches professional sports leagues have taken to resuming competition.
August 26, 2020
New study: 77% of public schools in Cleveland are within 1,000 feet of tobacco retailers; city is home to 36 times more tobacco retailers than McDonald's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Erika S. Trapl, director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, said new research illustrates how…