University Hospitals

COVID-19 is circulating, respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, is raging among children and there has been a recent spike in the number of flu cases in Ohio. The result is hospitals across the state — especially those that treat children — are swamped and doctors are imploring the public to take steps to prevent the spread of these viruses.

A new Ohio law is expanding access to extra breast cancer screenings for people with an increased risk for breast cancer or who have dense breast tissue, which can make it more difficult for doctors to see cancer with a regular mammogram.

Multi-disciplinary teams of medical experts at three of Cleveland's major hospital systems are working to alleviate the ailments of long-haulers with Long COVID clinics.

University Hospitals on Wednesday announced the layoffs of 117 administrative employees, citing an economic downturn sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The system has also eliminated 326 unfilled administrative positions, according to a hospital media release.

Infectious disease experts are casting a wary eye towards the Southern Hemisphere as a worse-than-normal flu season raises the possibility of a "twindemic" this winter as both COVID-19 and influenza circulate. Cleveland area doctors are expecting a bad flu season, said University Hospitals infectious disease doctor Keith Armitage.

During the procedure, a green box pops up on the monitor and highlights areas the AI software thinks might be a polyp, said Dr. Gerard Isenberg, chief medical quality officer for the UH Digestive Health Institute.

Northeast Ohio's supply of the updated Moderna booster shot that protects against the new omicron variants has run out in some communities and is low in others after a reported inspection issue at a vaccine manufacturing plant in Indiana earlier this month.

More children are being sent to Northeast Ohio emergency rooms with severe respiratory illnesses caused by a resurgence in two viruses, University Hospitals' (UH) pediatric doctors say.

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A Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge has pressed pause in a court case between University Hospitals and the city of Bedford sparked by the hospital system's decision to cut emergency and other services at UH Bedford.