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$1.5M gift Will Fund Nursing Chair

EAST LANSING, Mich. — McLaren Greater Lansing has made a $1.5 million gift to Michigan State University to establish the College of Nursing’s first endowed chair position. The East Lansing school said that the donation to help create the Endowed Chair for Behavioral Mental Health Nursing Education is the second largest gift ever given to […]

One-Fourth of Cancer Deaths Linked to Smoking

CHICAGO — Cigarettes contribute to more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths in the U.S. The rate is highest among men in Southern states where smoking is more common and the rules against it are not as strict. The American Cancer Society study found the highest rate among men in Arkansas, where 40 percent of […]

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Race, Ethnicity Factor in Hospital Readmissions

SAN FRANCISCO — Among children hospitalized with asthma or diabetes, non-Hispanic black patients have the highest rates of readmission, while readmission rates among those hospitalized with seizure or migraine are highest among non-Hispanic whites, according to data presented at the 2016 AAP National Conference and Exhibition. “Preventing hospital readmissions continues to be a key aim […]

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ASU, Mayo Clinic Team Up for New Medical School

PHOENIX —The Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University are teaming up to offer a medical certificate program. Students attending the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, which will open next summer, will simultaneously complete an ASU and Mayo Clinic certificate program in the science of health-care delivery as part of the Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance […]

University of Washington Gets $210M from Gates Foundation

SEATTLE ― The University of Washington is getting $210 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people around the world, officials said Tuesday. The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the […]

Harvard Students Lead Sit-in to Back Striking Dining Workers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Students at Harvard University are staging a campus sit-in to support the school’s striking cafeteria workers. Dozens of students walked out of classes on Monday and marched to a nearby building where Harvard officials and a labor union for campus dining workers have been in negotiations. The students said they refuse to […]

Classes Resume at 14 Pennsylvania-owned Universities

HARRISBURG, Pa. ― Classes have resumed for more than 100,000 students who attend Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities. Classes resumed Monday after the union representing more than 5,000 faculty members and coaches reached a tentative contract agreement Friday with the State System of Higher Education. The new contract provides raises for all employees but also requires […]

WHY IT MATTERS: Veterans

WASHINGTON—THE ISSUE: There are an estimated 21.6 million veterans in the United States. Among them, nearly 9 million are enrolled in health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. About 4.3 million veterans get disability compensation from the VA and nearly 900,000 have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. A 2014 law signed by […]

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UM Creates Nursing School at Flint Campus

FLINT — The University of Michigan is creating a School of Nursing at its Flint campus, effective Nov. 1. The Flint campus has a department of nursing in the School of Health Professions and Studies. Nursing now will stand on its own. The university says more than 19 percent of students in Flint study nursing […]

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Feds Look Into Claim of Secret VA Wait Lists

DENVER — Government investigators said they are looking into allegations that Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Colorado kept unofficial lists of veterans waiting for health care that could conceal how long it takes to get an appointment, possibly broadening a nationwide scandal. The VA’s internal watchdog announced an audit in a letter October 19 […]

Grant Aims to Increase Trust Native Americans in Care

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Juliet McMullin, an associate professor of clinical sciences in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has received a grant of $250,000 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to lay the groundwork for providers and Native American patients in the Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., area to address patient […]

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IHS Nearly Doubles Grants for Meth and Suicide Prevention

The Indian Health Service has almost doubled the number of grants for meth and suicide prevention among youth in American Indian communities with the announcement of 42 new awards to support President Obama’s Generation Indigenous Initiative. The 2016 Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) funding, worth more than $7 million, will go to tribes, tribal […]

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