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Report: Students of Color Find it Difficult Accessing Mental Health Support

A new study by ACT analyzed high school students’ access to mental health services.

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Study Finds Disparity in Critical Care Deaths Between Non-Minority and Minority Hospitals

While deaths steadily declined over a decade in intensive care units at hospitals with few minority patients, in ICUs with large numbers of minority patients, there was less improvement, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The disparity was most pronounced among critically […]

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Critics Warn Trump’s Latest Environmental Rollback Could Hit Minorities, Poor Hardest

President Trump’s proposed overhaul of a bedrock environmental law aims to streamline project reviews, but those changes are likely to hit minority communities and those with high poverty rates the hardest, experts warn. The White House on Thursday detailed a sweeping proposal to revamp the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which requires environmental reviews for […]

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ACA’s Impact on Racial Health Disparities Has Stalled

While black and Hispanic adult uninsured rates dramatically declined thanks to the Affordable Care Act, that progress has largely stalled in recent years and the overall uninsured rate has started to climb, according to a new study released Thursday. Since 2015, black adults in Medicaid expansion states were more likely to be insured than white […]

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URI Scientists Awarded $1.25 Million Grant to Provide Research Opportunities to Minority Students

KINGSTON, R.I. – January 15, 2020 – Two scientists at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to encourage historically under-represented students to gain research experience in the biomedical sciences. The grant to Assistant Professor Bryan Dewsbury and Associate Professor Niall Howlett will […]

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University of Illinois College of Medicine Decreases Tuition

Newswise — The University of Illinois College of Medicine will reduce its tuition rates for all students, beginning with the 2020-21 academic year. The decision was approved today by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Tuition rates at the College of Medicine will decrease by 2.1% for in-state students and 16% for out-of-state students. […]

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Why Black Doctors Like Me Are Leaving Faculty Positions in Academic Medical Centers

A decade ago, the Department of Health and Human Services made “to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups” one of its goals for Healthy People 2020. It didn’t come close. Black Americans continue to experience some of the worst health outcomes of any racial group. Black men have the […]

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Partnership Encourages Native American Students to Pursue Health Care Careers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. January 15, 2020 – The UC Davis School of Medicine has joined with two other universities and a regional health board in a collaborative effort to increase the number of Native Americans practicing health care. The joint project, called Reimagine Indians into Medicine, or RISE, stands to substantially increase the total number of […]

Balance is Elusive. Seek Personal ‘Integration’ in 2020

“Work-life balance” is a widespread challenge, one originating in industrialization, the marketplace, and the reinforcement of public versus private spaces. Rather than work-life balance, for the new year attention must be paid to the ongoing integration between and among ourselves, our many identities, and the institutions and communities to which we belong.

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Gut Microbes May Improve Stroke Recovery

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 8, 2020) — New research shows that the microorganisms in our gut could help protect brain cells from damage caused by inflammation after a stroke. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience by researchers from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center […]

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Minority Health Workforce Diversity Scholarship Offered by Arkansas Minority Health Commission

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (News release) – The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) is offering its Minority Health Workforce Diversity Scholarship during the Spring 2020 semester to minority race students who plan to pursue a career in the field of health. The goal of the scholarship offering is to help increase diversity in the state’s healthcare […]

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U of T Rolls Out On-Demand My SSP Counselling Service to All Students

The University of Toronto is encouraging students to take advantage of My SSP, a text and chat helpline service that offers free and confidential counselling on a 24-7 basis – and is now available to all students on all three campuses. Short for My Student Support Program, My SSP provides access to trained counsellors who […]

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