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2 weeks ago | 
ideastream.org | Taylor Wizner |Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence
The Cleveland Department of Public Health issued a warning Friday after detecting a spike in COVID-19 levels in untreated wastewater samples collected from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. This indicates a strong likelihood of increased community spread of COVID-19 in the coming days or weeks, according to the health department news release. Samples also indicated high levels of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the department said.
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1 month ago | 
ideastream.org | Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence |Stephen Langel
Cleveland Clinic will begin requiring copay payments before or at the time of check-in for all scheduled office visits, diagnostic tests and procedures, the Clinic confirmed Tuesday. Appointments will be rescheduled or canceled for patients who can't make their copay. The policy will go into effect June 1. The change doesn’t apply to emergency care, surgeries, inpatient hospital stays, cancer treatments or patients with Medicaid.
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1 month ago | 
ideastream.org | Taylor Wizner |Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence
The MetroHealth System on Wednesday released its response to former CEO Airica Steed, who is suing the hospital's board of trustees following her firing last August. MetroHealth reiterated its claims that Steed was fired due to poor job performance, stating Steed “failed to comply with her obligations, perform the job duties required of her as CEO, or meet the board’s legitimate expectations" in a complaint filed May 7 in U.S. District Court in response to Steed's lawsuit.
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2 months ago | 
ideastream.org | Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence |Taylor Wizner
Ohio has seen two recent confirmed measles outbreaks in Ashtabula and Knox counties this year, leading public health officials and doctors to try to raise awareness about the disease and its vaccine. The 10 infected people in Ashtabula County all completed their isolation periods and are no longer considered contagious, the county health department said. The county has held a series of vaccination clinics, including one Monday at the Monroe Township Fire Department in Conneaut.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
ideastream.org | Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence |Taylor Wizner
A Warren woman is suing the city of Warren and the hospital where she sought treatment before and after she suffered a miscarriage. Attorneys for Brittany Watts filed the suit Friday, a year after a grand jury declined to indict her on abuse of a corpse charges stemming from a miscarriage she suffered in September. The suit alleges that police and St. Joseph Warren Hospital staff conspired against Watts to have her arrested following the miscarriage.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Stephen Langel |Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence
Child fatalities within Cuyahoga County increased by 25% in 2023 compared to the previous year, a new report found. County leaders held a news conference Tuesday to discuss details of the report and present solutions for reducing the number of child deaths. The report, issued by the Cuyahoga County Child Fatality Review (CFR) Board, found that 190 children in Cuyahoga County died in 2023.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence |Taylor Wizner
A for-profit, venture capital firm will pay $485 million for Akron-based Summa Health. Health Assurance Transformation Corporation (HATCo) and Summa finalized the deal Thursday, the two sides announced. Summa confirmed plans for the acquisition in January after signing a letter of intent on the deal. The two parties spent the months that followed under a due diligence period to firm up details of the acquisition and plans for the future.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence
The lights in the room are dim, except for a desk lamp that's been turned upward to shine on the subject seated at the table for dramatic effect. Two students sporting trench coats and stars-and-stripes fedoras loom over the table while another undergoes interrogation from a chair. The subject at the table is being questioned — not for a crime, but a serious offense in the eyes of the students posing as detectives: abstaining from voting.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence |Taylor Wizner
The MetroHealth System on Wednesday announced the opening of its new psychiatric emergency department at the Cleveland Heights Medical Center. The department is staffed by MetroHealth psychiatrists, behavioral-health trained nurses, nursing assistants and social workers for 24-hour care. Its opening comes almost four months after Cleveland's only psychiatric emergency room at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center closed in late June.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence
They flip, juggle and jump rope. They can do handstands, hula hoops and human pyramids. And they’re all smiling and laughing, even when they mistime a jump or drop a juggling pin. Even if an act goes awry, the show goes on for the students of Wizbang Circus School in Cleveland Heights. The class of 5- to 18-year-olds meets in the evening at a church to practice circus arts with Danielle Tilk, the school's owner and instructor. During one recent class, the group practiced their jump rope routine.
