July 28, 2021
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, was featured in an article in Teen Vogue on his belief that a fourth wave of the COVID-19 is a certainty, and the only real question is how big that fourth wave will be.
July 19, 2021
UC esearchers are part of the worldwide effort to better understand COVID-19 and how it has impacted communities. For nearly seven months now, they've relied on volunteers to provide information about how they've experienced the pandemic. But the window to help with the nationwide Community Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Study, called COMPASS, is closing. In an interview with WVXU, Maggie Powers-Fletcher, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the UC College of Medicine, says the trial involves completing a questionnaire and providing blood and nasal swab samples.
August 11, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have developed a computerized decision analytic model to compare projected outcomes of three vaccine strategies: a patient opts for a messenger RNA vaccine, a patient decides to get an adenovirus vector vaccine or the patient simply forgoes a vaccine altogether.
August 9, 2021
Brian Grawe, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery , and Bret Betz, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, both at the University of Cincinnati, spoke with WVXU's Cincinnati Edition about athletes facing injuries because of a lack of physical conditioning because of COVID-19 restrictions. The sports medicine experts also addressed mental health and its role in healthy sports competition.
August 10, 2021
Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases was cited as a source in an article posted by Healthline on the decline of COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom.
August 5, 2021
Reuters Health spoke with Alexandru Costea, MD, professor in the UC College of Medicine, about a study on implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
August 4, 2021
UC Health is running a 'long COVID-19' clinic at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. In a story published on Cincinnati.com, Charles Hattemer, MD, professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease in the Department of Internal Medicine said COVID-19 is not done with us and we are not done with COVID-19.
August 4, 2021
UC researchers launched a new study looking treating a common brain problem that results after therapy for cancer.
August 4, 2021
Local 12 reporter Liz Bonis spoke with Shimul Shah, MD, and other Tristate physicians about whether there is still a need for vaccinations as breakthrough cases of COVID-19 affect vaccinated residents. Shah is a professor of surgery and division chief of transplantation in the UC College of Medicine.
August 4, 2021
Shimul Shah, MD, a professor of surgery in the UC College of Medicine, speaks with Local 12 News about the 'living donor' program, which allows individuals to donate a portion of their liver to individuals in need of an organ transplant.