January 4, 2021

Richard Becker, MD, director of the UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute, spoke with WVXU for a segment about his interaction with former COVID patients who are still battling health ailments related to fighting off the pandemic. Becker said worldwide there are 80 million known cases of COVID-19 and 1.7 million who died as a result. That means more than 78 million people have survived infection including 600,000 in the state of Ohio.

January 5, 2021

Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases was interviewed by WLWT-TV for a story on the FDA considering distributing half doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to people between the ages of 18-55 in order to stretch the supply of the vaccine.

January 4, 2021

Tina Cheng, MD, chair of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and director of the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, spoke with CNN Health about the depression Asians are experiencing as a result of pandemic-related racism.

January 29, 2021

Samantha Boch, PhD, of the UC College of Nursing was part of a just-published research study showing that when housing quality is poor, the health of children suffers.

February 17, 2021

Medical school is not for the faint of heart. When student Anthony DeMarco describes his third year of medical school at UC College of Medicine, it includes a complicated schedule juggling eight to 12-hour rotations in different areas of medicine. He has alternated between family medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics and surgery in a short time. It can be stressful and expensive. But as someone who has always enjoyed connecting with people, listening and giving counsel, Anthony felt called by his faith to be a doctor. A scholarship from the IvaDean Student Scholarship Fund allows him to focus on his aspirations.

February 18, 2021

Stephanie Lockhart, director of audiology in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine., speaks with WebMD, about hearing loss and use of hearing aids.

February 17, 2021

Millions of Americans are living without power in their homes during frigid temperatures this week. Safety and security comprise the second of five facets of wellness design, and being secure in your living space is essential to your well-being. A UC expert weighs in on ways to cope.

February 19, 2021

This week, more than 130 hospitals, research foundations, fundraising organizations and patient advocacy groups asked the Biden administration to put cancer patients first in the next stage of the rollout. The letter, which was signed by leaders at the UC Cancer Center, says research in the past year shows that COVID-19 patients with cancer have twice the death rate than those without cancer.

February 23, 2021

E. Steve Woodle, MD, professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati, authored a study that shows that 15 years after transplantation no difference in kidney transplant survival or patient survival rates were found between kidney transplant patients who received long-term corticosteroids versus those who had corticosteroid eliminated early.

February 17, 2021

Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was interviewed by a reporter from the San Fernando Valley Business Journal about California lifting the restrictions on commercial outdoor dining.