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Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana Announce Genetic Counseling and Health Informatics Graduate Programs
Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana have announced two new graduate degree programs, genetic counseling and health informatics. Xavier will be both the first Louisiana university to offer a genetic counseling training program and the only such program at a historically Black college and university (HBCU). Both programs are currently in development. Xavier will offer classroom instruction […]
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N.J. Colleges Are Canceling Spring Break, Hope It Will Prevent COVID Spread
A year ago, as the coronavirus pandemic was ramping up in the U.S., news reports showed crowds of spring breakers hitting Florida beaches and nightclubs, even as public health experts warned they were risking everyone’s health for a good time. Now, it feels a bit like déjà vu. Earlier this week, photos showed college students […]
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Many N.C. College Students Qualify for COVID-19 Shot April 7
A large share of North Carolina college students will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine starting April 7. State health officials say those living in fraternity or sorority houses, dorms or apartments will qualify for a shot because they live in a congregate setting. The state Department of Health and Human Services earlier this […]
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Alabama Expanding Vaccine Eligibility Monday
Starting Monday, March 22, more of us in Alabama will be eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Alabama is now going to include all people in phase 1-C which includes people who are 55 years old and up. State health officials say the move to 1-C will allow between half and two-thirds of all the […]
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Life Expectancy Down for Those Without a College Degree
Between 1990 and 2018, the U.S. adult life expectancy gap widened between those with and without a college degree but narrowed based on race, according to a study published in the March 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Anne Case, Ph.D., and Angus Deaton, Ph.D., both from Princeton University in New […]
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Bakersfield College Launches Mass Vaccination Drive-Thru, 1,000 People Vaccinated
One thousand people got their COVID vaccines at Bakersfield College today. Bakersfield College has made large strides in making the vaccine more accessible to residents on the Eastside. Today, the campus hosted Kern County’s first ever drive-thru mass vaccination clinic. “I’m glad for it to be done, I’ve been in my backyard for a year, […]
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Earlham Students Tackling Indiana’s Maternal Health Crisis With Simulation Project
Indiana’s infant mortality rate is declining but remains higher than the national average. Students at Earlham College in Richmond are working on a simulation program aimed at helping health care providers and women improve those numbers. Indiana’s infant mortality rate of 6.5 per 1,000 births in 2019 was down from 6.8 the year prior. However, […]
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‘What’s Going to Happen to Me?’ Reflecting on a Pandemic College Year, Through the Words of Student Newspapers
Last year, University of Washington junior Jake Goldstein-Street wrote and published an article for his school newspaper about three students who had been tested for the coronavirus, just a week after the first known case was reported in the state. Nine paragraphs down, he wrote that an assistant professor in the department of laboratory medicine told The Daily that “the risk for transmission […]
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NYU and Howard University Nursing Colleges Form Health Equity Partnership
NYU’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing has partnered with Howard University’s College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences to advance health equity. “One of the many kinds of tactics and thoughts we have had to address those issues has been partnerships with historic Black colleges and universities,” said Rory Meyers Dean Dr. Eileen Sullivan-Marx. People […]
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University of Tenn. to Administer More Than 1,000 Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines
The University of Tennessee has administered 5,000 vaccinations to eligible members of the campus community. Read More
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Hampton University Expands COVID Vaccination Accessibility with Mobile Clinic
As the fight to vaccinate communities of color continues, one historically Black university is teaming up with Hampton, Virginia, community leaders and physicians to bring doses to residents’ backyards. Hampton University is allocating $500,000 for a “vaccine-mobile” RV to serve the greater Hampton Roads community, which is 49.3% Black. The RV is slated to serve under-vaccinated […]
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Should Medical Schools Require A Standardized Test for Admission?
Mollie Marr dreamed of being an actor, a director, and a writer, so she studied theater and psychology in New York City. She had a busy schedule: Her parents could not pay for her university education, so she supported herself with multiple part-time jobs. She worked as an office assistant, a production technician, and a film […]
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