Katie Ussin

Cleveland

@WEWS anchor. @Cronkite_ASU grad, Regional Emmy winner (woot!), runner, momX2, RT's ≠ endorsements. [email protected] 216-431-3700

Articles

Women's Comprehensive Health and Research Center sees more than 10K new patients in first year

1 day ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

CLEVELAND — News 5 is following up one year after the Cleveland Clinic launched its Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center. "It has been quite a year," said Cleveland Clinic Chief of Staff Dr. Beri Ridgeway.
This student-led musical is taking the stage

2 days ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

The stage is set in North Royalton. This week, a team of teens is presenting "Alice by Heart."The musical is based on a book inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is set in the London Underground during World War II and explores the power of first love, grief, and finding the courage to move forward. The students reached out to News 5 because they wanted to share their pride in this production.
How the Cleveland Metropolitan School District is fairing cell phone free

1 week ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

As the Ohio Legislature considers a possible statewide ban on cellphones in public schools, we asked how the cellphone-free policy went this year at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. There has been a growing trend in recent years in our country regarding the use of cellphones in schools. Half of all states now have laws banning or regulating the use of cellphones in schools, according to KFF.
Don’t miss this new mural in Cleveland

2 weeks ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

If you’re driving down Detroit Avenue near W. 48th Street, you’ll see a beautiful new mural on the south side of the street, just across from the Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation. Wednesday afternoon was the official dedication of the colorful addition to the streetscape. Students helped create the vibrant painting.
New research improves risk prediction for postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis

2 weeks ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

The American Journal of Psychiatry published two new research papers on Monday, focused on identifying postpartum mental health issues earlier to improve outcomes and save lives. They were presented at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in Los Angeles, California. The first research paper is from doctors at Mass General Brigham. It looks at postpartum depression, which affects up to 15% of women after childbirth. CLICK HERE to read it.
Jack Bennett Sawyer's legacy still going strong in Mentor

3 weeks ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

Parents of Jack Bennett Sawyer are carrying on his legacy with a special tribute to his graduating class. A child builds a parent, as much as we’d like to think it’s the other way around. “We had many conversations," said Dawn Sawyer. "Nothing was left unsaid."But what happens when that’s ripped away? "He told us that we had to continue to live and to go on, and that’s what we’re choosing to do because that’s what he wanted; we’re living for him, still," his parents said.
The importance of book fairs for students at Wade Park School

1 month ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

School is almost out, and this week, students at Wade Park School in Cleveland prepared for summer reading. "I was so excited, but a little nervous too," said Yah'Naysia Hutcherson, 7, about walking into the Scholastic Book Fair at her school on Tuesday. Nervous, she said, "Because there were so many books, and I didn’t know which ones to pick!”Wade Park is one of two Cleveland schools News 5 partners with for our annual childhood literacy campaign, If You Give a Child a Book.
Charging up the next generation of scientists and doctors

1 month ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

CLEVELAND — The doctors and scientists of tomorrow are helping prepare their successors right now in Cleveland. Some students at Case Western Reserve University are getting ready to graduate in less than two weeks, and it turns out they have also been going back to middle school!The sounds of excitement spill out of Mr. Jontony's middle school classroom at Daniel E. Morgan School in Cleveland.
'Right place, right time': Good Samaritan jumps into action after witnessing Ashland County crash

1 month ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

A nurse says she was “In the right place at the right time” when she witnessed a crash on I-71 earlier this month in Ashland County and jumped into action. Good Samaritans help rescue semi driver after his truck crosses I-71 and crashes RELATED: Good Samaritans help rescue semi driver after his truck crosses I-71 and crashesShannon Ball, BSN, RN, is a hero every day as a nurse at University Hospitals.
Cleveland Army veteran makes movie encouraging fellow vets

1 month ago | news5cleveland.com | Katie Ussin

Cleveland Army veteran Ameena Brown says the VA saved her life. "That was my motivation really for making the film," said Brown. Brown didn't always feel that way. She didn't trust the system. That distrust is a theme reflected in The Mission, the title of the short film she created using her iPhone for an arts festival last fall at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. While the edits are simple, she hopes her message cuts deep.