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In early March, just as Ohioans were learning about the first cases of novel coronavirus in the state, Anna Bondar’s grandfather fell at his Cleveland…

Emerging data from COVID-19 cases show skin symptoms are potentially associated with coronavirus infection. Cleveland Clinic dermatologists Drs. Sarah Young and Anthony Fernandez recently published a study detailing several common skin symptoms in COVID-19 patients, such as hives and rashes. They looked at research from Europe. Fernandez said he's seen some of these symptoms in patients at the Cleveland Clinic as well.

The FBI claims Dr. Qing Wang, a U.S. citizen born in China, received more than $3.6 million in grants from the NIH while also collecting money for the same research from the Chinese government.

A new study from respiratory researchers finds cloth masks are beneficial in preventing the spread of COVID-19. “This is based on existing research — just to share with everybody that there is a potential scientific basis for using [cloth masks],” said the chairman of Cleveland Clinic’s Respiratory Institute Dr. Raed Dweik, who contributed to the study.

Two hospital systems in Cleveland are offering alternative housing for employees who are working during the COVID-19 pandemic and are concerned about possibly exposing their families to the virus. University Hospitals is using a Case Western Reserve University residence hall to temporarily house workers. UH spokesperson George Stamatis said employees at UH Cleveland Medical Center are eligible to stay at the dorm for free for up to four days.

The Cleveland Clinic has begun enrollment for a nationwide trial to test an anti-malarial drug’s effect on treating the coronavirus.

One big commercial testing lab revealed a backlog of at least 115,000 tests, illustrating the scope of the coronavirus testing problems.

Updated at 11:14 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Cleveland-area hospitals are ramping up coronavirus testing and area residents are responding in droves. Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals opened a new drive-thru testing center, at the UH Landerbrook Health Center in Mayfield Heights on Tuesday. This is in addition to the original site which opened Saturday near University Circle.

Updated 5:00 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2020 Cleveland Clinic can now test for the coronavirus without sending specimens to an outside lab. Clinic officials called this a game changer because they can now get tests results in hours, instead of waiting days. The clinic’s pathology lab director Brian Rubin said they are able to run about 500 specimens a day and hope to ramp up to 1000 per day by next week.

A Cleveland Clinic survey finds that most Americans – including 80 percent of millennials – don’t know heart disease is the leading cause of death for women. Many of the respondents incorrectly thought it was breast cancer.