Lisa Ryan
Health ReporterLisa Ryan is a health reporter at Ideastream Public Media and has worked for the Cleveland-based public media stations since 2017. Before moving to Cleveland, she was Morning Edition host and reporter at 89.1 WBOI in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Lisa went to school for broadcast journalism and political science at Ball State University, and she has a master's in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.
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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. -
The Alzheimer's Association is raising awareness of the effects of structural racism on cognition levels, especially among Black people. -
On Monday, MetroHealth held a grand opening for its new affordable housing complex, Vía Sana, which they say is a way to address health disparities in Cleveland. -
Experts say there are steps you can take to improve accuracy and prevent getting a false negative on a COVID-19 test. -
U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals ranks Cleveland Clinic as the fourth best hospital in the U.S. and best in Ohio; Fairview, Hillcrest, South Pointe and Weston hospitals also recognized nationally. -
A second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Cleveland, according to Dr. David Margolius, the incoming director of public Health for the city of Cleveland. -
Tamir Rice was fatally shot by Cleveland police outside Cudell Recreation Center in 2014. The 12-year-old had been playing with an airsoft gun. -
The 988 helpline is a way to direct non-emergency mental health crises to experts who can help. Officials hope it will replace 911 in some situations. -
Paxlovid is used by high-risk patients to make their COVID-19 symptoms milder. It's critical patients take it in the first five days of illness, so taking a doctor's visit out of the requirements may make it easier for patients. -
Black people make up just 13% of Ohio’s population, but Black pregnant people make up nearly half of abortions performed in the state, an Ideastream analysis of figures from the U.S. Census and the Ohio Department of Health. That also means that limits on the procedure disproportionately affect Black Ohioans.
