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The Cleveland Orchestra plans to perform on the Severance Hall stage this fall, but there won’t be an audience in the seats — at least, not at first. Performances will be scaled back in a number of ways, due to pandemic safety precautions, according to orchestra CEO Andre Gremillet. “Our plan at this point is to have the orchestra on stage starting in early October,” he said. “We will have a shorter program, no intermission. And at this point, we anticipate there being about 50 players on stage at any one time.”

Rabbi Jonathan Cohen has not been able to serve his congregation at Temple-Tifereth Israel in traditional ways since the coronavirus pandemic began. He holds services online now and connects with people through technology and socially distanced meetings. In the past few months, he's still supported people through illnesses and funerals as well as celebrated their bar mitzvahs and weddings.

Shoppers kept buying electronics and home improvement supplies, but sales overall rose only 0.3% in October.

Cleveland Clinic researchers are getting ready to embark on a clinical trial testing a breast cancer vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently greenlighted a breast cancer vaccine technology developed at Cleveland Clinic, which allows clinical trials for the vaccine to move forward. If effective, the vaccine could become a regular part of women’s health care, said Dr. Vincent Tuohy, a cancer researcher at the clinic who invented the vaccine.

Shakira Collier spends a lot of time thinking about health. Up until recently, though, it’s been mostly other people’s health the 24-year-old considers. She works as a home health aide, where her job is to look after those who aren’t able to tend to themselves. But when first I met her earlier this year, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic, she told me things were about to become a lot less one-sided.

Lake and Lorain county officials are relying on residents to stay vigilant as the coronavirus surges – but not issuing any additional health advisories or orders, even after Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday placed both on the watch list for potentially moving to the highest risk level on the state’s public health advisory alert system.

The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is launching a counseling program for Black survivors of sexual assault who are in the middle of legal action. The center will use a curriculum created by Cleveland-area psychologist Tyffani Dent specifically designed for African Americans. Sessions will aim to address both the trauma of sexual assault and the community pressure survivors often feel to not help to send a Black man to prison.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority expects a decline in passenger fare revenue next year, but anticipates no other major hits to its 2020 budget. RTA’s $296 million in general fund expenditures will exceed projected revenues for next year, staff told the board of trustees at a Tuesday morning meeting. The transit agency will use leftover funds from 2019 to cover the shortfall, planning to end next year $25 million in the black.

WVXU-FM will repeat its award-winning The Who Concert: 30 Years Later at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, the 40 th anniversary of the tragedy on the Riverfront...

University of Akron students got an impromptu introduction to the school’s new president Tuesday. Gary Miller spent his first formal day on the job greeting students on campus at lunch. It’s his first step in planning a new way forward for a school that’s been facing several challenges — including low enrollment and low faculty morale. But he says the university is "in transition," and touts its longevity.