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In Face Of Coronavirus, Many Hospitals Cancel On-Site Training For Nursing And Med Students

Yet another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic may be the clinical training that’s so essential for America’s future nurses and doctors. As university campuses close and disease prevention efforts intensify, hospitals, nursing homes and other health care venues in California and nationally are canceling clinical rotations for student nurses — and, in some cases, medical […]

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How Med Students Can Stay Safe From Coronavirus

Medical school is demanding regardless of the circumstances, but now is an especially challenging time to be studying medicine. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has sparked public fear, and it’s understandable for a medical student to feel anxiety – especially if he or she is in clinical rotations and interacting with patients. The best course of […]

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Major Universities Suspend Most Lab Research — But Not Into Coronavirus

This week, Erin Goley froze research at her Johns Hopkins University lab — literally. With the university sending students and professors packing in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Goley stopped experiments in the medical school lab and stored in freezers bacteria that scientists are studying. Goley, an associate professor of biological chemistry, considers herself fortunate because […]

Public Health Expert Says African Americans Are at Greater Risk of Death From Coronavirus

This week, the U.S. joined nations around the world in instituting sweeping emergency measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, schools and universities shut down, and concerts and conventions have been canceled. The NBA suspended the remainder of its season, along […]

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AACC, Other Conferences Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Hours after the American Council on Education (ACE) on Monday canceled its annual conference, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) followed suit, canceling or postponing their own annual events in the face of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This is only the third […]

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U.S. Reps Urge Relief Measures for Students Impacted by Coronavirus Closures

More and more colleges are closing their classroom doors — and in some cases, their residence halls — as epidemiologists urge people to refrain from public gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, while beneficial to public health and safety, such precautions may place the heaviest burden on those who are most vulnerable: former foster youth […]

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Community Colleges Prepare for Coronavirus, Distance Learning

With the coronavirus (COVID-19) declared a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), office spaces are taking precautions by encouraging employees to telecommute, professional sports leagues are suspending their seasons and national conferences are being canceled. A little more than 1,200 COVID-19 cases are being reported in the U.S. and there have been 36 […]

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How More Diverse Medical Schools Could Save Women of Color and Mothers

I sat down to write this with a slow crawling ache working its way, vertebrae by vertebrae, from my lower back to the base of my neck. Push through. A two-word story many Black women are all too familiar with, so when it gets excruciating we begin to bargain. Push through… and think about how […]

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HBCUs Face An Additional Set of Coronavirus Concerns

Campuses across the country are temporarily closing in response to the coronavirus, encouraging students to go home and offering online classes to prevent the virus from spreading. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – and other minority serving institutions (MSIs) – are no exception. But these schools face an extra set of concerns as they […]

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Berea College Praised For Coronavirus Response

Kentucky’s Berea College is winning plaudits for the way it is dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Berea has canceled all in-person classes from March 13 until, it appears, the end of the academic year. Most other colleges and universities have canceled in-person classes only for a limited period of time at this stage. Though Berea was […]

Berea College Praised For Coronavirus Response

Kentucky’s Berea College is winning plaudits for the way it is dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Berea has canceled all in-person classes from March 13 until, it appears, the end of the academic year. The institution has also put in place measures to help families deal with the financial impact of asking most students to leave campus.

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AACC, Other Conferences Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Hours after the American Council on Education (ACE) on Monday canceled its annual conference, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) followed suit canceling or postponing their own annual events in the face of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

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