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Hampton University Mobile Health Unit Brings Vaccines to Communities

Hampton University requires all of its faculty and staff to be vaccinated by May 31. Employees won’t have to look far to meet that requirement, thanks to some innovative thinking from the school. Read More

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U of U Health Offers Reassurance About the Safety and Necessity of COVID-19 Vaccines

In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic gained ever greater traction in the United States and across the world, 24-year-old Natasha went home to see her parents in Colorado. The University of Utah employee had worked hard to stay up-to-date on scientific understanding of the virus. Her parents were both at high-risk of […]

University of Utah

Augusta University Health System Loses $20M, Plans Cost Cuts

The Augusta University Health is looking to cut costs after running a $20 million deficit in the first nine months of its budget year. The deficit stems from increased costs, coming at least in part from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

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Maternal Mortality Rates Considered Crisis in US, Especially for Black Women

Maternal mortality rates are being considered a crisis in the United States. Vice President Kamala Harris is calling for urgent action as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die while giving birth. Lisa Saul, president of the Mother and Baby Clinical Service […]

Vice President Kamala Harris

Future Nurses, Doctors Want Pandemic Lessons to Create Better Health Care

Sang Hee Baek started nursing school at the University of Toronto last fall as the second wave of the pandemic was putting health-care staff in parts of the country through an endurance test, making her wonder if she’d made the right career choice. Nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and others working with COVID-19 patients were becoming […]

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Black or ‘Other’? Doctors May Be Relying on Race to Make Decisions About Your Health

When she first learned about race correction, Naomi Nkinsi was one of five Black medical students in her class at the University of Washington. Nkinsi remembers the professor talking about an equation doctors use to measure kidney function. The professor said eGFR equations adjust for several variables, including the patient’s age, sex and race. When […]

California’s Public Universities to Require COVID-19 Vaccine

Two of the nation’s largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on University of California and California State University campuses this fall. Read More

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Study Shows Less Than 1% of COVID-Positive College Athletes Developed Heart Issues

A study released Saturday examining more than 3,000 college athletes who had COVID-19 found so few instances of heart-related issues that future cardiac testing might be used only for athletes with certain symptoms. Read More

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Despite Hoyawell Program, Students Struggle to Receive Consistent Mental Healthcare

Georgetown students are struggling to receive consistent and cost-effective mental health services during the pandemic. The university’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) along with new telehealth services have attempted to maintain campus resources, but are under criticism by students seeking more permanent and reliable healthcare. Read More

Georgetown University

Yale University to Require Students Be Vaccinated Before Fall Semester

Yale University announced Monday that all students returning for the 2021-2022 school year must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Read More

Can Colleges Require the COVID-19 Vaccine? Yes, And Some of Them Are

As the vaccine rollout continues throughout the United States and the world, students everywhere are looking to the back-to-school season as a shining light at the end of the COVID tunnel. After over a year of Zoom classes, staying inside, and contact tracing, it’s looking like the fall semester could provide some normalcy for students […]

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Jacksonville University Launches New Degree to Combat Physician Shortage

The pandemic is inspiring more people to go into medicine, but getting there isn’t so easy. That’s where a problem lies because researchers from the Association of American Medical Colleges expect a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians in the next 12 years. A new program at Jacksonville University aims to help. Read More

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