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Medical Schools Not Doing Enough to Recruit Black Applicants, Report Says

In a recent survey conducted by Kaplan, results reveal medical schools are not recruiting enough Black students. Kaplan’s results come after a recent report by the Association of American Medical Colleges showing the number of Black first-year students increased by 10.5 percent nationwide as more people focus on correcting racial inequalities in medicine. Read More

March 15, 2021

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UIUC’s GEO Asks University to Cover Health Insurance for All Employees Over Summer

At the U of I, the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) is asking the University to cover the cost of health insurance for the summer for all its members. They said they want to make sure employees without summer appointments still have access to healthcare. “There’s no reason that, graduate workers, or any workers for that […]

March 8, 2021

King Saud University Health Company Explores Virtual Clinic Tie Up

Al Moammar Information Systems Company (MIS) may develop virtual clinics across the Kingdom with King Saud University Health Company. The pair signed an initial agreement exploring the plan to provide remote treatment, they said in a regulatory filing on Monday. Read More

March 8, 2021

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Sacred Heart University Plans to Open ‘Targeted’ Vaccine Clinic

Sacred Heart University officials say the college will open a clinic to administer doses of COVID-19 vaccine beginning next week. The clinic, which is opening through a partnership with Hartford HealthCare will begin providing doses March 10, SHU officials said in a message to the community Friday. Read More

March 8, 2021

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Lone Star College Awarded $40,000 Grant from Tomball Regional Health Foundation

The Tomball Regional Health Foundation (TRHF) awarded a $40,015 grant to Lone Star College Foundation. The award will be used to pay for certification exam fees for LSC-Tomball nursing, surgical, pharmacy and occupational therapy students.“These tests are required for the students to start their careers,” said Nicole Robinson Gauthier, CFRE, LSC Foundation executive director. “We […]

March 8, 2021

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Zoom Fatigue: College Students Face Yet Another Threat to Mental Health

I’ll be honest — it’s been hard to start the month of March without thinking of the way things were this time last year. Last year, at the end of February, I went on a little spring break trip to Washington, D.C. with two of my sorority sisters and COVID-19 was something we didn’t think would […]

March 8, 2021

Tri-County Health Departments Team Up with National Guard, Delta College for Mass Vaccination Event

Vaccinating folks can be quite the task. “Trying to vaccinate folks in a pandemic is a whole different level,” said Karl Rishe, Vice President of Student Educational Services at Delta College. But that’s exactly what Delta College, the Michigan National Guard and the tri-counties’ separate health departments are doing. “Providing 3,000 COVID vaccines to individuals […]

March 8, 2021

5 Mental Health Tips for College Students

Mental health is a factor that is often compromised by college students during their studies. The stress of all the work increases their anxiety levels, which results in the deterioration of their mental health. Some remedies shared in this post can help you sustain your mental health. Read More

March 8, 2021

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Clayton State University, Gordon State College Partner to Form Master’s Nursing Degree Pathway

MORROW, GA — Clayton State University is making it easier for undergraduate students at Gordon State College (GSC) to earn an advanced degree in nursing. Under this new agreement, a GSC student who earns a Bachelor of Science in Nursing will be eligible for priority review for admittance to Clayton State to earn a Master […]

March 1, 2021

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Miss. Getting $5.62M Grant to Improve Health, Education Responses in Pandemic

Mississippi is getting a great big grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The $5.26 million grant, funded through the CARES Act, is expected to improve health and education responses to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read More

March 1, 2021

Oxford University COVID Lab Suffers Cyber Attack

LONDON: Oxford University has confirmed that one of its laboratories involved in Covid-19 research suffered cyberattack after an investigation by Forbes suggested that hackers were showing off access to a number of systems. The university on Thursday, however, said that there has been “no impact” on any clinical research. The hack is understood to have taken place in the […]

March 1, 2021

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College of Health Adds the Institute of Indigenous Studies With Plans of Involvement Locally and Internationally

The College of Health recently opened its Institute of Indigenous Studies, which is led by professors Christine Daley and Sean Daley. The Institute of Indigenous Studies plans to bring more opportunities for students at Lehigh to learn about and engage with Indigenous communities. Both Christine Daley and Sean Daley ran centers that focused on the […]

March 1, 2021

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Safe Space CNY Provides Accessible Mental Health Support Services

Tracy Mergler was diagnosed with an eating disorder when she was 14 years old. Shortly after her diagnosis, she found that there was very little help available in central New York. The Syracuse native always had to leave the area to seek treatment for her mental health. Since then, Mergler has dreamed of bringing a […]

March 1, 2021

College Tuition Sparked A Mental Health Crisis. Then The Hefty Hospital Bill Arrived

Despite a lifelong struggle with panic attacks, Divya Singh made a brave move across the world last fall from her home in Mumbai, India. She enrolled at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., to study physics and explore an interest in stand-up comedy in Manhattan. Arriving in the midst of the pandemic and isolated in her […]

March 1, 2021

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California Colleges Slowly Begin Vaccinating Faculty, Students — But Likely Won’t Require Immunization

In mid-January, science education professor Al Schademan received one of around 2,000 emails sent to faculty, student employees and essential staff at California State University, Chico. The email contained a surprise for Schademan: He would be among the first higher education employees in California to gain coveted access to the coronavirus vaccine. Within a couple […]

March 1, 2021

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UK Speeds Up Vaccinations: All Adults Get 1st Jab by July 31

The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a “cautious” plan to ease the U.K.’s lockdown. Read More

February 22, 2021

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Cassidy Announces Nearly $5 Million for LSU Health Shreveport, LSU and A&M College Baton Rouge

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding $4,617,645 to Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport and LSU and Agricultural and Mechanical (LSU and A&M) College Baton Rouge under the pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry research program. Read More

February 22, 2021

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Meet College of Health Sciences and Technology Dean Yong ‘Tai’ Wang

RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology began the year under new leadership with Dean Yong “Tai” Wang. Wang joined RIT in January from the University of Texas at Tyler, where he was dean and endowed chair professor of the Drs. Lee Roy and Lucy Mathis College of Nursing and Health Sciences. His research focuses on rehabilitative […]

February 22, 2021