Rachel Rood

Feb 26, 2025 | ideastream.org | Rachel Rood

Amputating a limb should be a last resort, but people in lower socioeconomic groups as well as African Americans are up to four times as likely to undergo an amputation than white Americans, according to Dr. Mehdi Shishehbor, president of the University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. He has spent decades researching how to save lives through saving limbs, including his work on a new therapy that helped 76% of patients in a major clinical trial avoid amputation.

Feb 25, 2025 | ideastream.org | Rachel Rood

School districts and colleges across the country are facing new guidance from the Trump administration's Department of Education to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs or risk losing federal funding.

Feb 20, 2025 | ideastream.org | Rachel Rood

It's Thursday, which means you're probably making plans for the weekend, maybe you're sick of staying indoors during this everlasting winter and wondering, where are the best, cool new places to eat around town? Well, we're going to help you decide in a segment we're calling "The Menu."It's our new, bi-weekly look at the food scene in Northeast Ohio with the gourmands at Cleveland Magazine.

Feb 12, 2025 | ideastream.org | Rachel Rood

The U.S. Surgeon General declared gun violence a public health crisis last year. Firearm-related injury has been the leading cause of death for children and teens since 2020, taking a physical and mental toll on survivors, families and communities-at-large. This includes Cleveland, where the city recorded three times the state rate of deaths by firearms.

Feb 11, 2025 | ideastream.org | Rachel Rood

Spring training officially starts Tuesday, meaning we're less than two months away from the Cleveland Guardians home opener. Will Cleveland baseball see similar success this year that it saw last year, when it became the American League champions? Could this be the year they end their World Series drought?