According to a University Hospitals trauma medicine expert, the holiday season is not only a time of joy, but also one of increased gun-related injuries and deaths, making safety and security measures all the more important.

Recently released 911 calls following St. Vincent Charity Hospital's closure of its emergency room reveal that Cleveland EMS dispatchers and residents did not know the ER closed.

In Northeast Ohio, many people suffering from injuries from gun violence end up at MetroHealth Medical Center's level 1 trauma ER. Hospital employees every day are tasked with saving lives and helping the community heal from gun injuries, but it doesn't come without a cost.

Cleveland is nearing the end of a $2.7 million contract with the provider of the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter.

Mayor Justin Bibb and his administration are working to address violence by creating an endowment using $10 million of the city’s half-billion dollar pot of federal stimulus funds.

University Hospitals' Antifragility Initiative is a pediatric violence intervention program that helps youth recover from the trauma of gun violence.

Public health officials and experts met Wednesday to discuss how to prevent gun violence and racism's effect on mental health at Akron's health equity summit.

A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.

Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne says the Women's Health Advisory Council will consist of 13 people from varied backgrounds.

Minority participation is low among registered organ transplant donors, despite record numbers of transplants last year.

Journalist Betty J. Halliburton explores the experiences of Black women in Cleveland as they navigate systems affecting their health and well-being.

Members of the Black and Jewish communities are working to build relationships between the two groups while collaborating on various projects to fight inequity in healthcare and other areas.

The Racism as a Public Health Crisis Coalition (RAPHC-C), which formed in 2020 when the city declared racism a public health crisis, held a town hall meeting on Friday. The group’s co-chair Marsha Mockabee said the event was an “appetizer” for more community engagement coming in the future.

A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.

Police departments across the country offer ride-alongs to members of the community to help the public understand the issues that officers face at work. One nonprofit in Cleveland offers the same service — but community members take police officers and others on tours of the community.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Northeast Ohio’s Black communities hard, recent research shows. Now researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH) are trying to determine whether long COVID-19 will also disproportionately affect Black people.

Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit founded by a MetroHealth pediatrician, promotes literacy to improve health outcomes.