How to apply for utility assistance during the pandemic in Ohio
Dealing with a mounting utility bill or shut-off notice can be scary, especially during a pandemic when electricity, water and gas are essential for learning or working from home.
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As moratoriums end, need grows for utility assistance
As moratoriums that staved off utility disconnections cascade to an end, some families face a long winter unsure how they will keep the lights, heat and water on.
HIV/AIDS Network Helps Build Black Clevelanders’ Trust In COVID-19 Studies
With COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on people of color, it’s integral that COVID vaccine trials recruit them. Could Cleveland’s HIV/AIDS clinical trial network be a model for how?
Black physicians help build trust after decades of community skepticism
Having more Black patients in clinical trials and medical studies is critical to reducing health disparities. Black Cleveland doctors say adequate representation and hard work are needed.
History, disparities leave Black Americans unlikely to trust COVID-19 care
When Carmen Bailey fell ill with COVID-19, she told her daughter not to take her to the hospital. Her story echoes that of many other Black Americans: she didn’t trust the medical system to treat her fairly.
Pandemic delays visits, court for parents working to reunite with children in foster care
Lionel scooped up his daughter, Imari, and planted a kiss on the 1-year-old’s chubby cheek, then carried her to the car that would take the baby and her brothers away from him and back to their foster home.
West side hotel gives Cleveland’s homeless a place to rest their heads during coronavirus pandemic
When COVID-19 hit Cleveland earlier this year, government officials and advocates scrambled to find safe housing alternatives to the streets and shelters. The temporary answer just may lead to some long term goals and solutions.
