Poor driving conditions: Snow triggers crashes, slow downs (live blog) Snow causes crash on Interstate 480 (Source: WOIO) By Avery Williams | April 21, 2021 at 5:21 AM EDT - Updated April 21 at 8:52 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The winter wonderland that left Northeast Ohio under a blanket of snow Wednesday morning is causing trouble on the roads.
Traffic Anchor Jamie Sullivan and Meteorologist Jeff Tanchak provide AM commuters with a weather and traffic update in the below video.
Jamie is watching a few crashes on I-480.
SUMMIT COUNTY: Interstate 480 westbound between SR 82 and the Cuyahoga County line is closed due to a crash. Motorists are advised to avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/cCAJ67ZOGs ODOT Akron (@ODOT Akron) April 21, 2021
Lake Health officially joins UH
Lake Health TriPoint Medical Center
Lake Health is officially a member of the University Hospitals Health System, making the Lake County provider UH s largest addition to date.
The two organizations, which in December announced their intention to integrate, have completed the member substitution process to bring Lake Health into UH, adding multiple hospitals and ambulatory centers and more than 3,000 caregivers and 600 physicians to the Cleveland-based health system, according to a news release. The addition of Lake Health expands our geographic footprint and is consistent with our strategy of bringing care close to home for our patients throughout Northeast Ohio, UH CEO Dr. Cliff Megerian said in a provided statement. It will ensure convenient access to the most advanced health care and services for patients in Lake County and surrounding communities now and in the future.
People Moves: Riddle Joining Ohio Mutual; Schauer Group Adds Guyer; Burnett Joins AF Group
Ohio Mutual
Mendi Riddle will be joining Bucyrus, Ohio-based insurer, Ohio Mutual, as vice president of Sales effective May 10, succeeding Howie Barber who is retiring in July.
Riddle has served in a number of senior sales and product roles at Nationwide Insurance over the past 15 years – including terms as VP of Field Sales and VP of Non-Standard Sales and Marketing. Previously, she gathered a decade of experience working with independent agents in operations, product, and project management at National General Insurance.
She carries the CLCS professional designation, and has served as an advisory board member for several industry vendors, including Transunion and ISO/Verisk.
(Photo : Dr. Andrea Natale)
On August 5, 2020 a major breakthrough was made in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib) that could change the future of how practitioners reduce one of the most prevalent causes of strokes. Nearly simultaneously, a new device called the WATCHMAN FLX
TM Left Atrial Appendage Closure was implanted into patients in Austin, Texas, and Thousand Oaks, California. The surgeries were led by Dr. Andrea Natale and Dr. Saibal Kar in California and Dr. Rodney Horton in Texas. This was the first FDA-approved implantation device for reducing strokes in patients with non-ventricular atrial fibrillation.
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Ohio awards $69.8 million for STEMM scholarships; Which colleges got the most money
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The website for the Ohio Department of Higher Education. The department announced more than $69 million in awards for the Choose Ohio First program on Monday.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Ohio announced $69.8 million over the next five years as part of its Choose Ohio First scholarship program, designed to support more students going into STEMM fields, or science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.
These funds go to individual institutions, which then distribute them to students in eligible programs. Students apply for Choose Ohio First scholarships through their college or university. The fields where students are eligible vary by university, and scholarships can include support services like partnering with a faculty mentor. The programs that award these funds also look to recruit underrepresented populations into STEMM fields.