January 18, 2023
Sports gambling became legal in Ohio as of Jan. 1, 2023 and the University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences is one of six organizations statewide to get an Ohio grant to train social workers to better handle problem gamblers in the coming year. Local12 posted a story on the program.
February 6, 2023
Concerns in the community continue due to the noise of gunshots coming from a Cincinnati Police Department gun range in Evendale. Brian Earl, PhD, in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the UC College of Allied Health Sciences conducted audiology tests in 2020 to measure the impact of the noise and was interviewed by WCPO-TV.
October 18, 2022
A newly enacted FDA rule makes it possible to now buy a hearing aid over the counter or online, without having to get a prescription or seeing a doctor. WKRC-TV, Local 12 interviewed some experts in covering the story, including Brian Earl, PhD, of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the UC College of Allied Health Sciences.
January 19, 2024
According to the most recent Ohio Gambling Survey, the number of people in Ohio with a problem gambling disorder tripled from 2017 to 2022 to more than 250,000. With sports betting legal in Ohio for more than a year, that trend is expected to continue. For a story on the trend, one of the experts interviewed by WVXU, was Gregory Stewart, PhD, of the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.
February 28, 2023
Sports betting became legal in the state of Ohio at the start of 2023 and an immediate increase in wagering on sporting events was seen across the state. PBS Newshour interviewed Gregory Walter of the Department of Social Work in the College of Allied Health Sciences who has done research in the area of sports gambling.
March 6, 2023
Brian Earl, PhD, of the College of Allied Health Sciences was interviewed by Mexican media outlet Conecta for a story called 10 facts you may not have known about hearing loss.
February 9, 2024
According to the most recent Ohio Gambling Survey, more than 250,000 Ohioans have a problem gambling disorder. The number of people with the disorder tripled between 2017 and 2022 and, after sports betting became legal last year, experts expect the trend to continue. State leaders said it was "inevitable" to legalize sports gambling in the state since it was already happening without regulation and taxation. However, experts say the ubiquitous nature of online sports betting apps has led to an increase in addiction.
May 4, 2021
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, was one of the sources cited in an article published by SELF on six things to know about exercise and COVID-19 vaccines.
May 4, 2021
Bethany Yeiser is working to educate others about schizophrenia through the CURESZ Foundation, which she founded with UC's Henry Nasrallah, the doctor who got her on the path to recovery.
April 26, 2021
Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, a professor in the UC Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, discussed the research findings on fast skeletal myosin binding protein-C with WVXU’s Tana Weingarten.