public health

An article by Esther Thatcher and Colin Crowe, both of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was published in the May edition of Capsules, a publication from the Ohio Cardiovascular and Diabetes Health Collaborative (Cardi-OH). Their article, titled “Starting the Conversation: Dietary...

A group of researchers affiliated with Case Western Reserve University, University Hospital and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center recently had a case report titled “Investigating and Treating a Corneal Ulcer due to Extensively Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa” published in Antimicrob...

An article by Colin Crowe, assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was published in the March edition of Capsules, a publication from the Ohio Cardiovascular and Diabetes Health Collaborative (Cardi-OH). The article, titled “Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: D...

Yulanda Prude, assistant director of the Cuyahoga County Youth Work Institute (CCYWI) at the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, was named Instructor of the Year at the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Impact Awards. In a ceremony held at the Mental Health First Aid Summit in Los Ang...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young adults have elevated rates of multiple nicotine and tobacco product use (i.e., use of combustible cigarettes and nicotine vapes) than their non-LGBTQ peers. They are also less likely to perceive nicotine and tobacco products as harmful. This is concerning...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared, under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, will expire at the end of the day on May 11. Requirements to cover COVID-19 over-the-counter tests without cost sharing will ...

Social drivers of health, such as food insecurity, are inextricably linked to health behaviors, such as cigarette smoking, that produce health disparities. Despite reductions in the overall prevalence of cigarette smoking, socioeconomically disadvantaged groups continue to smoke at disproportionatel...

The AI Center for Health and Pandemic Preparedness at Case Western Reserve University will conduct a public hybrid workshop to explore how innovative research sparked by COVID-19 can enhance preparedness and responses to emerging infectious diseases. Titled “Applying Lessons Learned from COVID-19 ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to attend the Cleveland Medical Library Association’s annual lecture Thursday, April 27, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Ford Auditorium at Allen Memorial Medical Library. The event will feature John M. Barry, historian and author of T...

The Global Health Conference Planning Committee of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine would like to invite the university community to its 13th annual free global health conference. The topic is “Addressing Human Trafficking in Healthc...