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Carthage Honors First Class of Nursing Students

Carthage College honored a group of pioneers with a symbolic ceremony on Saturday. The school’s inaugural graduating class of nursing students received the school’s first nursing pins in front of college officials, local health-care professionals and proud family and friends at the Todd Wehr Center. The 13 seniors receiving their pins will graduate today with […]

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Guest Commentary: High School Education Explains Our Shortage of Health Care Providers

Like a lot of teens then and now, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I was in high school. Fortunately, I figured it out quickly in college — getting my undergraduate degree in exercise physiology and a master’s in education that set me up to work as a health and PE teacher […]

University of Dubuque Unveils Plans For New Health Center

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) – College students across the country are struggling to find access to adequate healthcare. Now, the University of Dubuque is hoping to change that for their students. Plans and sketches for a $1.1 million health care center were revealed on Tuesday. It would be the first center on the University of Dubuque’s […]

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Students From The Medical College of Wisconsin Open a New Free Mental Health Clinic

GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A new resource is now available for those struggling with mental illness in Northeast Wisconsin. “This is really important. There’s actually a shortage of psychiatrists around the country, but especially in Wisconsin,” said Nicole Petcka from the Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Read More

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College Students Work to Boost Access to Morning After Pill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The calls and text messages arrive directly to Michyah Thomas’s iPhone. They come from other students at Hampton University in need of the morning-after pill or in search of a ride to a health center or a hand to hold. They reach Thomas, a 21-year-old at Hampton, through a hotline she and […]

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Emory University Fires 2 Neuroscientists Accused of Hiding Chinese Ties

Emory University fired two neuroscientists after they were accused of failing to disclose foreign research funding and connections with China. Li Xiao-Jiang told Science magazine that the university fired him and his wife, Li Shihua––with whom he led a laboratory at the Atlanta university’s medical school. The university also shut down their laboratory. Four Chinese postdoctoral students working […]

CEO From University of Maryland Medical System’s Capital Region to Step Down

The president and chief executive of the University of Maryland Medical System’s troubled Capital Region Health plans to step down from the post early next month. Sherry B. Perkins plans to leave for a health care position in Delaware, according to a statement from the system, which serves Prince George’s County and the surrounding area. […]

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6 Most Diverse Hospitals, Health Systems

Six hospitals and health systems were named the most diverse in the U.S., according to DiversityInc’s 2019 rankings. The ranking of healthcare organizations is a specialty list included in DiversityInc’s annual Top 50 Companies for Diversity ranking. Read More

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All Of Us Research Study, With Goal To Recruit 1 Million Participants, Turns 1 Year Old

A massive National Institutes of Health study with a recruitment hub in Pittsburgh has turned a year old. The All of Us precision medicine project has an aim to recruit 1 million people, and it still has a long way to go. The goal is to assemble a vast database for future research studies, with […]

Millions of California Children Don’t Receive Preventive Care

Marilyn Espinoza of Los Angeles wouldn’t dream of missing a well-child visit for her son, 1-year-old Matthew Perez. Whenever she has a concern about Matthew’s health, she brings it up during his well-child appointment at QueensCare Health Clinic in Hollywood. It’s thanks to these regular check-ins with Matthew’s pediatrician, covered by his Medi-Cal plan, that […]

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A Dangerous Delay

It had been six days since Olivia Shea Paregol walked out of the University of Maryland health center without an answer for why she felt so awful. Now, the 18-year-old freshman was curled up in the fetal position on the floor of her dorm room at Elkton Hall in College Park, her brown hair resting […]

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Auburn University Nursing Researchers Use Therapy Dogs to Assist Dementia Patients

Researchers in the Auburn University School of Nursing found animal-assisted therapy promotes social engagement among adults with dementia or other cognitive impairments. Assistant Professor Morgan Yordy and Associate Clinical Professor Stuart Pope studied the possible benefits with the school’s therapy dogs — Miller, Choa and Daisy — at a community respite ministry at Auburn United Methodist Church. REACH, […]

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