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John Bercow, the former speaker of Britain's House of Commons, might have stepped down last week, but his foghorn voice and rhetorical acrobatics have inspired a Belgian dance track.

The Cleveland Clinic spent more than $1 billion on outreach, education and assisting low-income patients last year, according to the 2018 community benefits report released Wednesday. The report details the clinic’s spending to improve community health, including education, subsidized health services and research. Spending was up 6 percent from the previous year, bringing increases across the board.

A new study from respiratory researchers finds cloth masks are beneficial in preventing the spread of COVID-19. “This is based on existing research — just to share with everybody that there is a potential scientific basis for using [cloth masks],” said the chairman of Cleveland Clinic’s Respiratory Institute Dr. Raed Dweik, who contributed to the study.

Congress is preparing to allocate more funding to the Paycheck Protection Program—a forgivable loan initiative meant to help employers keep workers on the…

Tuesday at the Wright State Nutter Center, The Foodbank held a mass food distribution for residents of Greene County. The Foodbank served almost 1,400...

The Cleveland Clinic has begun enrollment for a nationwide trial to test an anti-malarial drug’s effect on treating the coronavirus.

Cleveland Clinic providers are using several video chat options in addition to its own internal system to combat technical problems in telehealth visits. As thousands of doctors’ appointments have been converted to virtual visits due to social distancing measures, clinic patients and providers reported experiencing technical problems and system crashes.

Federal pandemic aid will help the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority cushion the blow dealt to its bottom line by coronavirus shutdowns. RTA expects to receive about $111 million from the CARES Act, CEO India Birdsong told board members Tuesday. That could help defray an expected cratering in revenue this year.

The company managing cleveland.com has announced furloughs, pay cuts and additional changes for employees in an effort to save money during the pandemic, according to Advance Local. Workers making more than $35,000 annually will receive pay cuts ranging from 2 percent to 20 percent depending on income level, CEO Caroline Harrison wrote in a memo to employees. The reductions will be in effect through December, Harrison said, though there will be a re-evaluation of the situation in September.

Pressure is mounting for Congress to act on another relief package. Legislators from northeast Ohio are speaking out about what they’d like to see in it...