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Coronavirus Pandemic Has Impacted College Students’ Mental Health

The changes in the higher education sector due to the coronavirus pandemic, such as campus-wide closures and the transition to online learning, have forced many college students to juggle their physical well being with possible food insecurity, financial stress, housing concerns and lack of resources to complete their academic work. This has impacted students’ mental […]

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New Telehealth Program Launched for Students to Access Health Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

With college students forced to return home during the coronavirus pandemic, many lack or have limited access to their on-campus medical or mental health care services. School doctors and counselors are licensed within their specific state and therefore cannot treat out-of-state students, according to Dr. Alan Dennington, chief medical officer at TimelyMD, a telehealth company. […]

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Meharry Medical College Enters Global Race for an Antiviral Drug to Treat COVID-19

As the coronavirus rages around the world, scientists are in a race to develop a vaccine to prevent COVID-19, the infectious respiratory disease caused by the virus, and a drug to treat patients already infected with the virus. Researchers are working overtime, even as the number of coronavirus cases has crossed 1.2 million and deaths […]

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How a Small Tribal College Stepped Up to Make Face Shields For Health Workers

Bay Mills Community College, a tribal college in Michigan, received a request from its community two weeks ago to make face masks for local workers providing key services during the coronavirus emergency. The school’s advanced manufacturing program got to work, designing a lightweight, reusable face shield. Using 3D printing technology, they plan to produce 3,000 […]

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Cancel Student Debt of Frontline Healthcare Workers, Say Some

A Congresswoman and a professor emerita at Indiana University have called for canceling frontline healthcare workers’ student debt, saying they are doing extraordinary service during the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney said on Thursday she plans to introduce a bill, Student Debt Forgiveness for Frontline Health Care Workers Act, proposing the elimination of graduate […]

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CSU San Marcos Professor Earns $3 Million Grant for Diversity in Sciences

A Cal State San Marcos psychology professor has earned a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to increase diversity in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, the school announced Friday. The NIH grant to Professor Keith Trujillo’s will come over a five-year span and establish a program at CSUSM allowing students prepare for graduate studies […]

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Female Scientists Allege Discrimination, Neglect of Research on Women at NIH’s Child Health Institute

In November 2014, nine senior female scientists at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) requested a meeting with their director. Their concern: that the careers of women at the institute’s Division of Intramural Research (DIR) were being stymied by its powerful scientific director, Constantine Stratakis. They complained that the number of […]

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Prominent Science Journal ‘Nature’ Apologizes For Associating Coronavirus With China

The British scientific journal Nature has apologized for associating the coronavirus with China, claiming the “stigma” could hurt diversity on college campuses and that President Donald Trump is “sticking with the outdated script.” Nature published a piece Tuesday apologizing for having associated the coronavirus with China and Wuhan, calling the continued association between a virus […]

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Away From Campus and Facing Coronavirus, Students Confront Mental Health Crises at Home

Cough, fever, tiredness, difficulty breathing — most Harvard College students have spent the past month reading symptoms of the coronavirus in University emails, news articles, and Facebook groups. But beyond the physical health crisis, some students say the pandemic has had quiet but pernicious effects on their mental health. Separated from their on-campus support systems, […]

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NAACP President Derrick Johnson Says ‘Stay Safe’ as Michigan Releases Racial Breakdown of Coronavirus Cases

Michigan released the racial breakdown of its 10,791 confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Thursday, prompting NAACP President Derrick Johnson to urge people to “pay attention.” African Americans made up 35 percent of the state’s overall confirmed cases and accounted for 40 percent of Michigan’s 417 deaths related to the contagious respiratory virus, according to data from the Michigan […]

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Maryland Lawmakers Urge Release of Racial Data on Virus

Maryland lawmakers have joined politicians nationwide in asking for the release of data on coronavirus cases by race in order to address potential disparities in the response to the pandemic. Maryland Del. Nick Mosby called for such racial data to be made available in a series of social media posts Sunday. The Democrat, who is […]

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Racial Breakdown Of NYC’s COVID-19 Cases Necessary To Track The Pandemic’s Inequities

Concerned that New York City’s communities of color are being disproportionately exposed to the deadly COVID-19 virus, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has asked the de Blasio administration to turn over data breaking down coronavirus cases by race. “What it appears is that, as usual, certain communities are gonna get hit hard and that doesn’t have […]

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