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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 […]
May 28, 2019
Disparities
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 […]
May 28, 2019
Disparities
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
May 28, 2019
Disparities
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 […]
May 28, 2019
Policies
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 […]
May 28, 2019
Other News
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. […]
May 28, 2019
Disparities
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
May 20, 2019
Disparities
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 […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
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 […]
May 20, 2019
Policies
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 […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
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, […]
May 20, 2019
Policies
Women at Two Va. Universities Wanted More Access to The Morning-After Pill. So They Took ‘Matters Into Their Own Hands.’
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 another student, Alexandria […]
May 20, 2019
Disparities
College Students Face Unique Mental Health Challenges
When Mary Rose Bernal sought help for her eating disorder during her first year of college in Iowa, she said she felt like she had to educate her Iowa providers “who should have known better.” Bernal, 21, originally from San Jose, California, and a spring 2019 graduate of Grinnell College, has struggled with an eating […]
May 20, 2019
Nursing
Talya Schwartz, MD, Appointed President and CEO of MetroPlus Health Plan
The Board of MetroPlus Health Plan today announced the appointment of Talya Schwartz, MD, as the health plan’s President and CEO. MetroPlus is the low-cost, five-star quality health insurance plan of choice for more than 500,000 New Yorkers. As the health plan owned by NYC Health + Hospitals, MetroPlus is a vital component of Mayor […]
May 13, 2019
Other News
Northwest Kidney Centers CEO Joyce F. Jackson to Retire
Joyce F. Jackson, president and CEO of Northwest Kidney Centers for the past 20 years, has announced she will retire from her position after a successor is found. Jackson informed the Northwest Kidney Centers board of trustees last year of her intention to retire. The board has engaged a national firm to conduct a search for the […]
May 13, 2019
Other News
Controversy Lingers Around Pregnancy Centers Near Campus
A handful of student protestors lined the sidewalk in front of First Care Pregnancy Center in Prospect Park in late April. One of their signs proclaimed that the clinic behind them was a “fake center.” The University of Minnesota students turned out to caution others against visiting pregnancy centers they view as illegitimate. Not all […]
May 13, 2019
Disparities
America Needs More Mental Health Providers. Nurses Want to Help, if States Let Them.
More than half of American adults and 80 percent of children with mental-health needs do not receive treatment, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s mental-health website. Some don’t want to seek care and the cost of treatment is a barrier for others. But even those with resources who want care are running into a […]
May 13, 2019
Nursing
Assumption College Breaks Ground on New $13 Million Health Sciences Building
WORCESTER – Assumption College on Friday broke ground on a new health sciences building, the campus’ second new building in three years and a reflection of the school’s recent expansion toward STEM-based programming. The 41,000-square-foot facility, which will be built behind the campus’ Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, is expected to cost $13 million and open in […]
May 13, 2019
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