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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 […]

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 […]

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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.

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 […]

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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Hundreds of Students And Staff From Two L.A. Universities Remain Quarantined Amid Measles Scare

Hundreds of students, staff and faculty at two Los Angeles universities have been quarantined because they may have been exposed to measles, according to Los Angeles County health officials, the latest development in a resurgence of the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated in 2000. Officials at California State University at Los Angeles alerted […]

Clinic Run by Nurses Opens at Augusta University

Augusta University President Brooks Keel walked past the ribbon and up to College of Nursing Dean Lucy Marion. “You’ve been looking forward to this for a few days?” he said jokingly. “A few decades?” Try 15 years. But on Friday, Keel, Marion and others cut the ribbon on the school’s Nurse-Managed Health Center, a dream […]

A Rush For Nurses Strains Colleges And Hospitals as Health Care Booms in Pittsburgh

After 19 hours on a plane, Sandra Ajao fought off jet lag as she faced flashing neon lights, booming music and the crash of bowling pins on a recent weekday afternoon in Harmar. Inside a mostly vacant Zone 28 family fun center, dozens of people congregated around several lanes and a counter stacked with pizzas and […]

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Amber Hughes Named VSU College of Nursing And Health Sciences Top Graduate

Amber Mariah Hughes of Macon, Georgia, is the recipient of the Spring 2019 President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University. The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the graduating student with the highest grade point average in each of VSU’s six colleges — […]

State Senate Bill Revives Possibility For Abortion Medication at Public Universities

The Ashe Center may offer students medical abortions starting January 2023 if a California senate bill passes. Senate Bill 24 was introduced in December 2018 by Democratic State Sen. Connie Leyva, who represents District 20. It would require all University of California and California State University schools to provide students access to medical abortions at […]

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Tulane University, WHIV to Launch Inaugural Public Health Film Festival

The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, community radio station 102.3 FM WHIV-LP and the Southern Center for Health Equity will produce the inaugural Public Health Film Festival of New Orleans to showcase cinematic stories that emphasize disparities in both public health and basic individual rights. The film festival, which is free and open […]

OHSU Study Offers Hope For People With Multiple Sclerosis

In multiple sclerosis, the immune system eats away at the sheath that protects the nerves, disrupting signals between the brain and the body and causing problems in walking and eyesight. No drugs have ever been developed to restore that protective layer, called myelin. But a study out Thursday from Oregon Health & Science University offers […]

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