Meeting the Surge
Dec. 3, 2020
The surge in COVID-19 cases that experts feared would happen following Thanksgiving travel has come. Yahoo talked to hospitals around the country as they prepared to meet it. One expert, […]
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Answering Questions about Coronavirus Testing
Dec. 3, 2020
To help everyone understand the latest, science-based thinking about COVID-19 testing, Shape pulled together government and medical resources and talked to experts. The article answers many common questions: What’s the […]
Health Care Students Gain Training Virtually
Dec. 1, 2020
When a pandemic gets in the way of hands-on clinical training, what are health care students to do? Patricia Hoyson, Ph.D., director of the family nurse practitioner program at Youngstown […]
Infectious Disease Expert Advises Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine
Nov. 30, 2020
Get the COVID-19 vaccine. That’s the advice from Thomas File, M.D., president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, in a video published by Summa Health, where Dr. File is […]
Learning about Research: Student Work Highlighted at Online Symposium
Nov. 30, 2020
Students may not realize it at first, but conceiving of a research project and collecting the data are just the beginning if you’re a research scientist. How do you explain […]
Lean Six Sigma Establishes Stronghold at NEOMED
Nov. 30, 2020
Back in the ‘90s, a business methodology known as Lean caught the attention of businesses around the world for its employee-empowered practices of trimming waste at Toyota. A book called […]
Student Researcher Helps Guide Portage Residents to Healthier Choices
Nov. 29, 2020
Practical advice that will make a difference to patients: That’s what Sophie Bell was after when she tackled a research project in the area of social determinants of health. The […]
Experts Offer Advice for Safer Shopping at Grocery Stores during the Pandemic
Nov. 25, 2020
Take a list and don’t linger. Those are two pieces of advice regarding Thanksgiving grocery shopping that were offered to Yahoo Entertainment by infectious disease physician Richard Watkins, M.D., a […]
Does Silver Improve the Effectiveness of Face Masks?
Nov. 24, 2020
Silver is the latest metal being added to protective face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic. When Yahoo Entertainment asked experts to comment, Richard Watkins, M.D., an infectious disease physician in […]
Former NEOMED President Jay Gershen’s Impact Remembered
Nov. 23, 2020
“A real connector with people, a good listener and very inquisitive.” Those are qualities that former Northeast Ohio Medical University board chair J. David Heller associates with former NEOMED President […]