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Report claims Penn, Princeton, and other Ivy League colleges discriminate against students with mental illness

A new report from a disability-inclusion foundation has blasted Ivy League schools, including the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, for discriminating against students with mental illness. It claims the colleges are forcing students to leave campus against their will and without medical justification to protect the schools from legal liability and bad press. The […]

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UNLV grad overcomes acute adversity, highlights winter commencement

On Tuesday evening, a sea of red graduation gowns flooded the Thomas & Mack Center for UNLV’s the 55th Winter Commencement. Families and friends sat above the graduates, weighed down with flowers, gifts and leis ready to cheer on their loved ones who waited eagerly for their names to be called and the degree they […]

Gains in HIV Prevention Unequal Among Black Women

Fewer black women are being diagnosed with HIV, but new research finds the gains are not equally distributed among all black women. Hanna Demeke, RN, PhD, the lead author of the study, said while the overall news for black women is good when it comes to HIV, foreign-born black women aren’t benefiting from HIV prevention […]

Health care to be top issue in 2020 after Texas judge strikes down Affordable Care Act

Legal appeals of a Texas judge’s ruling invalidating the Affordable Care Act will push health care to the forefront of the 2020 election, sharpening a debate that helped Democrats win congressional seats in Texas and across the country in November. Although President Donald Trump declared victory after Friday’s court decision, Democrats see a wider opening […]

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Indiana State Student Group Proposes $75 Mental Health Fee

Most Indiana State University students would pay a $75 per semester fee for increased mental health services in the future under a proposal from the Student Government Association. Association President Stephen Lamb says demand for mental health services is increasing and students now generally must wait weeks to see counselors. Read More

Mental health center member charged with setting fire to College Park facility

Prince George’s County police arrested a man for starting a fire at a mental health center in College Park and they say he was a member of the facility. Police believe Paul Franklin Willis, 37, started the fire around 2 a.m. on Friday at On Our Own, a center that helps those dealing with behavioral […]

School-based nutritional programs reduce student obesity

In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases in body mass index (BMI), a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds. The five-year trial, conducted in conjunction with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut, followed nearly […]

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Opinion: Kaiser mental health workers explain why they’re striking

As mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente, we do our best to help people survive the hardest moments of their lives. For us, the most difficult moments are often when we first see a person suffering from a debilitating depression or the parent of a child with severe anxiety. Finally, they have reason to think […]

Access to Contraception, Abortion not Easy for Some Women in NJ

While services may exist on paper, new report concludes that reimbursement rates, transportation, other obstacles keep them out of reach for some. New Jersey has a strong track record of supporting progressive reproductive healthcare policies, but access to contraception, abortion and other services remains a challenge for too many women, especially those who are poor, […]

ACA ruling creates new anxieties for consumers and the health-care industry

The ruling by a federal judge in Texas striking down the Affordable Care Act has injected a powerful wave of uncertainty about recent changes woven into the U.S. health-care system that touch nearly all Americans and the industry that makes up one-sixth of the economy. The opinion, if upheld on appeal, would upend the health […]

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Dense Social Networks Inhibit HIV Disparities Among Young Gay Black Men

New research finds dense social networks play a major role in the wide HIV risk disparity between young white men who have sex with men and their black peers. Senior author Brian Mustanski, PhD, director of Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, told MD Magazine® it all has to do […]

Transforming Transgender Care

When Perry Cohen experienced an urgent health concern earlier this year, his town’s only care provider who specializes in working with LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) patients wasn’t available to see him. He went to a different doctor, then to a second. Both times, when the providers learned that Cohen is transgender, “their […]

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