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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 […]

Life Expectancy Down for Those Without a College Degree

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 […]

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 […]

Broadband: Bringing Our Children Out of the Cold

They sat totally engrossed in their laptops. Two little Black girls, unblinking as they followed the directions of their teachers. If it weren’t for the fact that they were bundled in coats and tiny hats, you could have mistaken them for children in a classroom. That, and the fact that they were sitting on the […]

A Coalition of Scholars Work Toward Equitable Vaccine Distribution

Before a vaccine for COVID-19 was even produced, Dr. Emily K. Brunson and Dr. Monica Schoch-Spana knew that there would be resistance to vaccinations and barriers to equitable distribution for people of color. Brunson, an associate professor and associate chair of anthropology at Texas State University, studies vaccination decision-making, and Schoch-Spana focuses on community resilience […]

Duke Orders Temporary ‘Stay-In-Place’ Restrictions on Campus to Stop Spread of COVID

Duke University is dramatically restricting campus activities for undergraduates, including a shift to almost all remote classes, in an effort to stop COVID-19 cases from spreading. The school announced a stay-in-place order Saturday night. From midnight March 14 until 9 a.m. Sunday, March 21, Duke undergrads who live on campus are ordered to stay in their […]

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Medical Schools Not Doing Enough to Recruit Black Applicants, Report Says

In a recent survey conducted by Kaplan, results reveal medical schools are not recruiting enough Black students. Kaplan’s results come after a recent report by the Association of American Medical Colleges showing the number of Black first-year students increased by 10.5 percent nationwide as more people focus on correcting racial inequalities in medicine. Read More

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