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The Coronavirus Crisis Confirms That the U.S. Health Care System Fails Women
The coronavirus pandemic has affected everyone’s lives in numerous ways, but people have and will continue to experience these challenges differently. Pandemics worsen existing gender inequities both domestically and abroad—and this one is no different. While early estimates indicate that men are more likely to test positive for the virus, there is insufficient data to determine […]
May 4, 2020
Other News
D.C. to Financially Support Howard University’s New Teaching Hospital
Howard University and the Washington D.C. Mayor’s office last week announced a partnership under which the district will financially support a new teaching hospital at the university, toward the larger goal of building a citywide healthcare network that will serve residents in all communities. The district is going to provide Howard and a partner a […]
May 4, 2020
Other News
MSU Researcher Secures $2.5 Million Grant From National Institutes of Health
Montana State University researcher Blake Wiedenheft is a recognized expert in one of today’s hottest science fields, so it’s natural to wonder what discoveries may be in store now that he received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health earlier this year. And because the NIH’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award is designed to provide flexibility to […]
May 4, 2020
Other News
Professor Wins $3M Grant to Continue Work Increasing Diversity
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant of more than $3 million to Cal State San Marcos psychology professor Keith Trujillo so that he may continue his work to increase diversity in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The grant — $3.2 million over five years — will establish a program called U-RISE@CSUSM, which […]
May 4, 2020
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How COVID-19 Will Impact the Future of Nurses
Providing bedside care is the main goal of nurses who report to work daily to fight alongside other healthcare professions in the battle against COVID-19. But what happens when there are more patients than caregivers? In talking with the Dean of Nursing at Duquesne University, she explained that in times of devastation, like the COVID-19 […]
May 4, 2020
Other News
Howard University Hospital Doctors Prepare For a Potential Surge in COVID-19 Patients
For infectious diseases doctor Siham Mahgoub, some diligent “detective work” and plenty of curiosity are what many medical breakthroughs in challenging patient cases are made of. Now that she is on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mahgoub admits that the stakes are higher and the learning curve is steep, but her approach remains the […]
May 4, 2020
Other News
Meharry Medical College’s Dr. James E.K. Hildreth Weighs In On COVID-19
Dr. James E.K. Hildreth has been president of Meharry Medical College, the nation’s oldest and largest historically Black academic health science center in Nashville, Tennessee, since July 2015, but for more than 40 years, the infectious disease expert has investigated viruses. “The first virus I studied as a graduate student was flu, so, I know […]
May 4, 2020
Disparities
New Report Explains Why Black, Latino, Low-Income Communities are Disproportionately Impacted by the Coronavirus
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), the Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released a report that explains why Black, Latino and low-income communities are disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus. As the report shows, Black, Latino and low-income Americans are more likely to have pre-existing conditions such as hypertension, chronic lung […]
April 27, 2020
Disparities
Why is Coronavirus Taking Such a Deadly Toll on Black Americans?
For the first weeks of the pandemic in St Louis, Missouri, the only ones to die from the virus were black. By 8 April the coronavirus had killed 12 people. Each and every one was African American. In this midwestern city that six years ago became the focal point for a national debate on race […]
April 27, 2020
Disparities
More Covid Testing for Minorities Is Key to Opening U.S. Economy
In many ways, Tanya Fields’s attempt to get testing for Covid-19 is the by-now-familiar American tale of an ill-equipped health-care system. But to her, it’s more like a black American tale. In March, the 39-year-old began experiencing classic symptoms of the virus, including a fever, body aches, no sense of smell, and shortness of breath. […]
April 27, 2020
Other News
UChicago Medicine Will Provide More Free COVID-19 Testing to South Side Residents
On Thursday, the University of Chicago Medicine system announced that it will expand its free COVID-19 testing to 1,000 tests each day for residents of Chicago’s South Side and suburban Harvey. The tests will be available at both the University of Chicago Medical Center in Hyde Park and the Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey. UChicago Medicine (UCM) started to offer […]
April 27, 2020
Policies
To Combat Coronavirus, Scientists Are Also Breaking Down Barriers
In a conference room in Washington, D.C., a dozen epidemiologists huddle over a computer monitor. On the screen, a map of self-reported data from test labs around the world shows a lethal strain of avian influenza originating in Asia. They summon their colleagues — data scientists, economists, and sociologists. What could happen if the pathogen […]
April 27, 2020
Other News
Mason Receives $500,000 USDA Grant to Expand Rural Telehealth Capabilities Amidst COVID-19
Fairfax, VA–The George Mason University College of Health and Human Services has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement the Rural Opioid Telehealth Project, which will serve an estimated 177,000 rural, low-income residents of Virginia and West Virginia. The project will train medical professionals on how to appropriately prescribe opioids, […]
April 27, 2020
Disparities
Black Doctors Blast ‘Woefully Anemic’ Data on Minority Coronavirus Cases
Preliminary data shows that minority patients are disproportionately at risk of being hospitalized or dying from Covid-19. But health professionals say the numbers that have been released aren’t telling the whole story. Gross underreporting of tests, hospitalizations and deaths related to Covid-19 has plagued racial and ethnic data at the state and federal levels. Nearly […]
April 27, 2020
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Medical Colleges Association Calls For Race, Ethnicity Data on COVID-19 Infections
The Association of American Medical Colleges is calling for more granular data that reflects the race and ethnicity of people sickened by COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. The association said the pandemic is illuminating longstanding social, economic and health inequities in the U.S. And it is visible in that people of color, especially Black […]
April 20, 2020
Other News
Meharry Medical College Hopes to Test COVID-19 Anti-Viral in Two Weeks
A scientist at Meharry Medical College, a historically Black institution, said he is two weeks away from testing an anti-virus that could potentially prevent COVID-19, the easily transmittable respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, which has taken 26,708 lives in the U.S. as of Thursday, reported NBC News. With much of those cases disproportionately affecting African American communities, […]
April 20, 2020
Other News
FDA Approves Low-Cost Ventilator Developed by U of Minnesota
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a low-cost ventilator developed by the University of Minnesota and aimed at helping COVID-19 patients breathe. The FDA authorized use of the compact device, known as the Coventor, that was quickly developed and designed by a team of university researchers, a medical school resident and an engineer. The developers […]
April 20, 2020
Other News
Take COVID-19 Testing Into Vulnerable Communities, Says Howard U President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick
Health authorities need to take COVID-19 testing into vulnerable communities as data reveals that communities of color have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, said Howard University president, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, to National Public Radio. Frederick, a cancer surgeon who continues to practice medicine, said that drive-through testing sites may not be a […]
April 20, 2020
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