Celia Hack

Covering health in Cleveland for @signalcleveland // local news lover

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

A new partnership is testing whether low-cost home repairs can improve indoor air quality and reduce children’s asthma symptoms. ✍🏼 @CeliaHack
https://t.co/qOwhO7LWtL

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

Older adults are key to running the Hunger Network’s food pantry system in Greater Cleveland, but few younger volunteers are helping out. https://t.co/OqzbIf6QYh.

[Celia Hack @CeliaHack]

New Cleveland law could bring mandatory jail time for threatening health care workers

The legislation is now moving forward after Council’s safety committee added requirements that hospitals offer de-escalation training.

@signalcleveland

https://t.co/3yn63sNt9E

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

A program that swooped in to provide a safety net for Cleveland residents displaced by lead hazards in their homes faces an uncertain future. The city says the program has been a success, but the dollars are running out.
https://t.co/38kvFTZdGt

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

Trauma care in Cleveland is under the microscope right now. We re-ran an analysis from 2019 to estimate whether Northeast Ohio needs more trauma centers. It found the region doesn’t need another, but the assessment has limitations. 🏥
https://t.co/TYdSLmelpO

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

On Friday, a federal judge rejected a request from Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice to end a consent decree that requires the police department to make broad reforms. https://t.co/L8oCu8TuNI.

[Heather Mongilio @HMongilio]

Since we’re talking about the Pulitzer Prize, there should really be journalism awards that honor the sources who come forward and tell their stories. Yes, journalists write the stories. But powerful articles are not typically possible without someone willing to tell their story.

[Celia Hack @CeliaHack]

Cleveland issued a new report on struggles to spend $$ for lead safe housing this week.

Among its findings: No one manned a phone number the city advertised to residents applying to make their homes lead safe. 787 voicemails went unreturned.

https://t.co/tTyIwnPApR

[mark naymik @marknaymik]

Cleveland left millions unspent and hundreds of calls unanswered in lead fight https://t.co/ywoVMRU8na

[Jake Zuckerman @jake_zuckerman]

Cleveland left millions unspent and hundreds of calls unanswered in lead fight

“We have two enemies in this business: lead and bureaucracy."
https://t.co/3BrGV6Fv04

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

Through the city’s Summer Sprout program, neighbors can turn city-owned vacant lots into community havens for growing flowers and produce. ✍🏻 📰 @CeliaHack
https://t.co/o11NflXVyB

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

Since the government shut down in October, the number of SNAP enrollees in the county dropped by more than 11,000. Officials are still trying to understand why. ✍🏻 🎤 @CeliaHack https://t.co/E7PjyIN4Wo

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

The number of people who get SNAP food benefits in Cuyahoga County dropped by more than 11,000 in the last six months, a nearly 6% drop. Social service leaders say they’re still trying to fully understand the reasons behind the decrease. ✍🏻 @CeliaHack
https://t.co/E7PjyIN4Wo

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

🚭😬 The City warned more than 200 shops selling tobacco products that they could get hit with a $500 fine if they don’t comply with new city laws that aim to improve oversight of tobacco sellers and curb youth access.
https://t.co/1DRElhzI9J

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

But will this one stick? 🤔 Goodwill is planning to construct a $35 million building on the former site of St. Vincent Charity Hospital, which will include a community grocery store.
https://t.co/kgE2kugd1R

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

BLACK 👏🏾 WOMEN 👏🏾 Sheila Wright and Angela Thi Bennett of Frontline Development Group measure their success by how many underrepresented groups they can include on their projects. https://t.co/BL5MreAJTF

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

How did we get heeereee? You've heard about the CMSD layoffs, let's break down how this budget crisis unfolded. District officials say the painful cuts have been looming for years.
https://t.co/btsE8GugyR

[Signal Cleveland @signalcleveland]

Car crashes? 🚫Gun shot wounds? 🚫 The leading cause of trauma in NE Ohio is.... falling? The number of traumatic falls has risen significantly in the region, as Cleveland hospitals debate whether a new trauma center is needed.
✍🏻 🎤 @CeliaHack https://t.co/OkivGfMTNa

[Celia Hack @CeliaHack]

I wanted to learn more about this as a debate about trauma care in the city continues: the Cleveland Clinic is planning to open a new level 1 trauma center, which MetroHealth opposes.

https://t.co/AnlltR2HLr

[Celia Hack @CeliaHack]

Traumatic injuries in Northeast Ohio are caused primarily by falling — not car crashes or firearms, as many might think.

Why is that?

https://t.co/1w0Kfln9jA

[Celia Hack @CeliaHack]

Another reason is that medical systems have begun to treat older adults who fall with more seriousness — activating traumas at lower bars, essentially — because of studies showing that it improves their survival rate.