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Neighborhood Family Practice to expand services with new funding from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(Plain Press, October 2015) Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP), a federally qualified non-profit community health center serving patients from five office locations on Cleveland’s near west side, was recently awarded more than $1 million in Affordable Care Act funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HSS). “The HHS funds go hand in hand…
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MetroHealth opens Cleveland students’ eyes to health careers
(Plain Press, October 2015) CMSD NEWS BUREAU New vistas opened on September 15th for some Cleveland Metropolitan School District high school students – all they had to do was cut through the MetroHealth System cafeteria, pass the cash registers and turn right. Nearly 50 ninth-graders from Lincoln-West and James F. Rhodes high schools gathered in a…
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State Representative Nickie Antonio honored with Ursuline Piazza Red Ribbon Award
(Plain Press, October 2015) Sister Susan Zion, executive director of Ursuline Piazza at St. Augustine Manor announced that Ohio House District 13 State Representative Nickie J. Antonio is the recipient of the 2015 Ursuline Piazza Red Ribbon Award. Representative Antonio will receive the award on September 26th at the organization’s A Cause for Clams fundraiser.…
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Aetna Foundation seeks community partners to address health disparities in Cleveland neighborhoods
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2015) The Aetna Foundation is looking for community partners to work with in addressing health disparities in some areas and to help improve nutrition and healthy lifestyle opportunities in those neighborhoods. Dr. Garth Graham, president of the Aetna Foundation, says research indicates “your zip code matters more than your…
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Community Health Improvement Plan seeks health and wellness for all the people in Cuyahoga County
(Plain Press, July 2015) The Health Improvement Partnership (HIP) – Cuyahoga released the first ever, countywide Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) on June 11th at the Ariel International Center on E. 40th Street in Cleveland. The plan, many years in the making, was spurred along in response to a 2009 analysis of life expectancy in…
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Ohio House plan would undermine Medicaid expansion program
(Plain Press, May 2015) The Ohio House of Representatives is planning to erect barriers to the state’s Medicaid expansion program that could jeopardize health coverage for hundreds of thousands of adults and children, a new report by Policy Matters Ohio says. “Ohio’s Medicaid expansion has been an unqualified success, with more than half a million Ohioans…
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MetroHealth offers internships, mentoring to Lincoln-West students
(Plain Press, November 2014) CMSD NEWS BUREAU The MetroHealth System will provide education, internships and mentoring to students from Lincoln-West High School in hopes of spurring the teenagers’ interest in health careers. Students will begin the two-year program as juniors. The first group of 28 spent a morning in early September at MetroHealth’s hospital campus…
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Local exterminator weighs in on how to determine if you have bed bugs
by Chris Mulvaney (Plain Press, August 2014) Bed bugs are probably the oldest insect pest associated with human misery. Although they have never been associated with transmitting disease to humans, bed bugs have been a scourge since history began. Within recent years, they have returned with a vengeance, and unfortunately effective bed bug treatment is…
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