October 3, 2023

As cooler fall weather rolls into the Cincinnati region, COVID-19 cases are on the rise and we can expect to see the seasonal impact of the cold and flu season. The Enquirer interviewed Jennifer Forrester, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine, about wearing masks and getting the latest vaccines.

September 26, 2023

The US government is going to start offering free COVID-19 tests through the United States Postal Service. Fox19 interviewed Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine about this development.

September 15, 2023

Yahoo News published a story asking infectious disease experts if COVID-19 was transitioning into the endemic stage. One of the experts cited was Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

September 13, 2023

The FDA approved and authorized new COVID-19 and booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer, as cases of the coronavirus have risen nationwide over the past few weeks. A CDC panel of outside vaccine advisers then voted by a wide majority to back new shots retargeted for newer variants ahead of the fall virus season. WLWT-TV interviewed Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

May 29, 2023

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that hospitals can’t be forced to issue Ivermectin to patients. It backed an earlier appeals court decision. Jennifer Bard, PhD, professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, weighed in on the decision during an interview with Newsweek.

March 29, 2023

University of Cincinnati research on the steroid dexamethasone's effect on immune cells and benefit to severe COVID-19 patients was recently published in Frontiers in Immunology.

March 22, 2023

Local 12 highlighted the University of Cincinnati's Bingfang Yan, who recently received a a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study how COVID-19 therapeutics can work together to create more effective and safe treatments for patients.

March 16, 2023

The University of Cincinnati's Bingfang Yan's research team has received a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to answer the question of how FDA-approved COVID-19 therapeutics can work together to create more effective and safe treatments for patients.

February 22, 2023

UC's Jack Miner speaks with Spectrum News about changes at UC designed to help students adjust to a new educational landscape after COVID-19.

February 14, 2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and national emergency declarations would be ending on May 11, 2023. One of the experts interviewed by WELL + GOOD for a story on this move was Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

February 13, 2023

University of Cincinnati Assistant Professor Mandi Cafasso discusses nursing's roots in advocacy and the latest Ohio health care legislation nurses can impact.

January 25, 2023

The FDA is recommending an annual COVID-19 booster shot for most adults and children. Spectrum News interviewed Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine to get his reaction to this recommendation.

December 15, 2022

A new study in the Lancet found that wide disparities in health care coverage, particularly in rural areas, hampered vaccination efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings point to a hidden divide in America between those with ready geographic and financial access to doctors, hospitals and clinics and those without.

November 7, 2022

MSN India highlighted recent research led by the University of Cincinnati's Trisha Wise-Draper about how immunotherapy and immunosuppression affects COVID-19 severity.

September 14, 2022

The Ohio Department of Health recently announced COVID-19 boosters with the new formulation to target Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are now available statewide. The Pfizer booster is available to Ohioans 12-years-old and older and the Moderna vaccine is available to those 18 years and up. Doctors are urging Ohioans to get those vaccines now. One of those Ohio doctors is Anna Goroncy, MD, of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC College of Medicine.