July 27, 2022

The latest COVID-19 subvariants have pushed hospitalizations and cases in Greater Cincinnati high enough that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week recommended indoor masking in eight local counties. Many people are experiencing symptoms including scratchy sore throat, runny nose, a cough and a headache, raising the question of whether the symptoms are from COVID or allergies. Cincinnati.com asked some local experts to weigh in, including Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

July 27, 2022

The University of Cincinnati's Erica Birkley, PhD, was featured by WLWT News to discuss the psychological impact of officer-involved shootings on officers and the treatment methods to clear an officer back to active duty.

August 5, 2022

The Biden administration has declared the growing monkeypox outbreak a national health emergency, a rare designation signaling that the virus now represents a significant risk to Americans and setting in motion new measures aimed at containing the threat. Cases of the virus have been confirmed in Greater Cincinnati. WVXU interviewed Jennifer Forrester, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine to learn more about how it spreads and how contagious it is.

August 5, 2022

The University of Cincinnati's John Byrd, MD, was featured in a Cure article on the FDA's approval of the tablet form of the drug Calquence to treat multiple blood cancers.

August 15, 2022

The University of Cincinnati's Elizabeth Shaughnessy, MD, PhD, joined 55KRC's Simply Medicine program to discuss breast cancer survivorship and screening in light of the recent death of actress and singer Olivia Newton-John.

August 17, 2022

The University of Cincinnati's Michael Hegener, PharmD, was a panelist on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition discussing the under-regulated dietary supplements industry.

August 18, 2022

Design World featured the University of Cincinnati's Frank Rybicki in an article about different ways CAD and 3-D printing have helped advance medical care.

August 24, 2022

Radiology Business highlighted the research of the University of Cincinnati's Prashanth Ravi and Frank Rybicki that found an in-house 3D print shop saved almost $3,000 per patient in operating-room costs thanks to shortened procedure times.

August 29, 2022

The World Health Organization announced recently that breakthrough infections have been reported in people who had been vaccinated against monkeypox. Healthline reported there is limited data available on the efficacy of the JYNNEOS shot, so it will take time to understand how effective it is at preventing infection. Data from the 1980s has shown that the vaccine was at least 85% effective, however, some health experts expect that number to change in the current outbreak. One of the experts cited in the Healthline story was Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

August 30, 2022

The Guardian featured University of Cincinnati researcher Erica Birkley in an article on the effect of Americans halting COVID precautions on vulnerable populations.