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Health: Page 83
Disparities
Despite Efforts to Boost Their Numbers, Blacks Account For Just 6% of Doctors in SC
Kelsey Williams is one of 103 students in the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville’s Class of 2020. But she’s one of just five who is Black. Nationally, African Americans make up 13.4 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census. In South Carolina, they are 27.3 percent. Yet they only make up about […]
Nursing
College Receives $7 Million Gift For Global Health Equity Program
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Geisel School of Medicine recently received a $7 million gift from a combination of four anonymous families. This donation, part of the College’s ongoing Call to Lead capital campaign, will support faculty development and expand student global health equity programs domestically and internationally in partner […]
Disparities
University of Holy Cross, LCMC Health Team up to Launch Physician Assistant Program
The University of Holy Cross has partnered with LCMC Health to launch a new Master of Science graduate degree for physician assistants. The inaugural program will launch in Fall 2020 and will include on-the-job training for UHC students by doctors and other medical professionals at three of LCMC Health’s five hospitals in and around New Orleans, according to […]
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2 Cases of Legionnaires’ Possibly Linked to University of Chicago Hospital
For the second time in a week, state health officials said Chicago hospital patients had been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The Illinois Department of Public Health has identified two new cases of the potentially-deadly lung infection, which is contracted by inhaling aerosolized water containing the Legionella bacteria. Read More
Nursing
Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Bill Creating University of Houston Medical School
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill creating a medical school at the University of Houston amid concerns about a physician shortage in the state. Under the legislation signed into law Wednesday, the University of Houston’s College of Medicine will be the 13th medical school in Texas. It will be based in the UH System’s flagship […]
Disparities
Johns Hopkins University to Open New Center That Focuses on School Safety And Health
The Johns Hopkins University announced Monday that it will create a new interdisciplinary center for school safety and health, the first in the nation in higher education. The center, announced at a conference of Education Writers Association being held this week in Baltimore, will bring together more than two dozen faculty from disciplines as diverse as education […]
Disparities
UAB Awards $2.7 Million to Improve Health Rankings by 2030
An employee at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her team received millions of dollars in awards from the university last week for her campaign aimed at making Alabama a healthier state by 2030. Mona Fouad, director of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center, and her project “Healthy Alabama 2030: Live […]
Disparities
Brown University Launches Research on HIV in PH, Other Health Issues
A team of faculty and student scholars from the Brown University School of Public Health launched a new initiative to centralize research focused on improving health outcomes among Filipinos and Filipino Americans. The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service and Training will bring together the work of researchers from across the School of Public Health […]
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University of Maryland Medical Center Seeks 5 Percent Rate Hike Amid Contracts Scandal
As the University of Maryland Medical System faces fallout from a scandal involving lucrative contracts awarded to its board members, including Catherine Pugh, who has since resigned from the board and as Baltimore’s mayor, the system’s flagship hospital has made a move to charge its patients more. The University of Maryland Medical Center asked state […]
Health
Don’t Sleep on Sleep
Sleep is one of those things in life that we all need yet most of us don’t get enough of. We are generally aware of the importance of sleep in the recovery of our bodies and minds and know we should be better about getting more sleep, but rarely do.
Disparities
College Updates Medical Leave of Absence Policy to Aid Students Who Struggle With Mental Health Issues
The college recently revised its policy for students who require a leave of absence. The revised policy allows students who encounter medical problems to take a leave with greater leeway. The Jed Foundation, a non-profit mental health group, evaluated the college’s mental health services and recommended that the college institute a change to the existing […]
Nursing
Medical College Gets Nod For School Land
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education received a recommendation by the Fort Chaffee Real Estate Review Committee on Thursday for about 70 acres of land that had been previously donated to Fort Smith Public Schools. In addition to offering a higher bid, ACHE President Kyle Parker also crafted a proposal for the land around continued […]
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