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To Combat Coronavirus, Scientists Are Also Breaking Down Barriers
In a conference room in Washington, D.C., a dozen epidemiologists huddle over a computer monitor. On the screen, a map of self-reported data from test labs around the world shows a lethal strain of avian influenza originating in Asia. They summon their colleagues — data scientists, economists, and sociologists. What could happen if the pathogen […]
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Mason Receives $500,000 USDA Grant to Expand Rural Telehealth Capabilities Amidst COVID-19
Fairfax, VA–The George Mason University College of Health and Human Services has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement the Rural Opioid Telehealth Project, which will serve an estimated 177,000 rural, low-income residents of Virginia and West Virginia. The project will train medical professionals on how to appropriately prescribe opioids, […]
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Black Doctors Blast ‘Woefully Anemic’ Data on Minority Coronavirus Cases
Preliminary data shows that minority patients are disproportionately at risk of being hospitalized or dying from Covid-19. But health professionals say the numbers that have been released aren’t telling the whole story. Gross underreporting of tests, hospitalizations and deaths related to Covid-19 has plagued racial and ethnic data at the state and federal levels. Nearly […]
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Medical Colleges Association Calls For Race, Ethnicity Data on COVID-19 Infections
The Association of American Medical Colleges is calling for more granular data that reflects the race and ethnicity of people sickened by COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. The association said the pandemic is illuminating longstanding social, economic and health inequities in the U.S. And it is visible in that people of color, especially Black […]
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Meharry Medical College Hopes to Test COVID-19 Anti-Viral in Two Weeks
A scientist at Meharry Medical College, a historically Black institution, said he is two weeks away from testing an anti-virus that could potentially prevent COVID-19, the easily transmittable respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, which has taken 26,708 lives in the U.S. as of Thursday, reported NBC News. With much of those cases disproportionately affecting African American communities, […]
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FDA Approves Low-Cost Ventilator Developed by U of Minnesota
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a low-cost ventilator developed by the University of Minnesota and aimed at helping COVID-19 patients breathe. The FDA authorized use of the compact device, known as the Coventor, that was quickly developed and designed by a team of university researchers, a medical school resident and an engineer. The developers […]
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Take COVID-19 Testing Into Vulnerable Communities, Says Howard U President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick
Health authorities need to take COVID-19 testing into vulnerable communities as data reveals that communities of color have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, said Howard University president, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, to National Public Radio. Frederick, a cancer surgeon who continues to practice medicine, said that drive-through testing sites may not be a […]
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How Colleges Can Support Students With Disabilities During Remote Learning
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities across the country have rushed to move courses online, potentially overlooking the needs of students with intellectual, physical, emotional and behavioral disabilities. Dr. Jessica Hunt, associate professor of mathematics education and special education in the College of Education at North Carolina State University (NC State), said “one […]
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Coronavirus Pandemic Has Impacted College Students’ Mental Health
The changes in the higher education sector due to the coronavirus pandemic, such as campus-wide closures and the transition to online learning, have forced many college students to juggle their physical well being with possible food insecurity, financial stress, housing concerns and lack of resources to complete their academic work. This has impacted students’ mental […]
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New Telehealth Program Launched for Students to Access Health Care During COVID-19 Pandemic
With college students forced to return home during the coronavirus pandemic, many lack or have limited access to their on-campus medical or mental health care services. School doctors and counselors are licensed within their specific state and therefore cannot treat out-of-state students, according to Dr. Alan Dennington, chief medical officer at TimelyMD, a telehealth company. […]
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New Telehealth Program Launched for Students to Access Health Care During COVID-19 Pandemic
With college students forced to return home during the coronavirus pandemic, many lack or have limited access to their on-campus medical or mental health care services.
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Meharry Medical College Enters Global Race for an Antiviral Drug to Treat COVID-19
As the coronavirus rages around the world, scientists are in a race to develop a vaccine to prevent COVID-19, the infectious respiratory disease caused by the virus, and a drug to treat patients already infected with the virus. Researchers are working overtime, even as the number of coronavirus cases has crossed 1.2 million and deaths […]
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