Marlene Harris-Taylor
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A national survey finds LGBTQ Midwesterners and their families are more likely to receive public assistance than non-LGBTQ people.Caitlin Rooney, a… -
U.S. hospitals are under mounting pressure to address violence against health care staff by patients and visitors. Nearly half of emergency doctors say they've been physically assaulted at work. -
When you visit the Cleveland Clinic emergency department on the main campus, a large sign directs you toward a metal detector. The clinic has its own police force and an officer inspects all bags and backpacks and then instructs you to walk through the metal detector. In some cases, a metal wand is used. Officers confiscate anything they consider a weapon – from a pack of matches to pepper spray or handguns. -
Children with toxic lead exposure will soon have fewer roadblocks to qualify for Ohio’s Early Intervention program. State lawmakers on the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review today paved the way for the Department of Developmental Disabilities to automatically include children with elevated blood levels in the program. This will include children with a blood lead level of 5 micrograms per deciliter or higher, said Gabriella Celeste, the policy director of Case Western Reserve University’s Shubert Center for Child Studies. -
As public health officials in Washington state scramble to contain a measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest, some of their counterparts in Ohio suggest… -
Ohio is one-step closer to getting its medical marijuana program operating by September. The state medical board has opened the online application to...
