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$3.25 Million Grant Provides Scholarship Opportunities for Disadvantaged Students to Pursue Graduate Degrees in Public Health at Georgia Southern

Nandi A. Marshall, DrPH, and Joseph Telfair, DrPH, of the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) at Georgia Southern University have received a 2020-25 U.S. Department of Health Resources and Service Administration grant valued at $3.25 million to support the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program. Each year, $650,000 will be available to offer […]

July 6, 2020

Alabama College Students Blasted for Trying to Get the Coronavirus on Purpose

Groups of college students in Alabama have been throwing coronavirus parties and taking bets as to who will test positive for COVID-19 first. The story admittedly sounds outrageous and would easily be dismissed as “fake news” but for the fact that it’s been confirmed by a number of Tuscaloosa city officials. Read More

July 6, 2020

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Black Patients Fare Worse After Angioplasty

MONDAY, July 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Even after undergoing the artery-clearing procedure angioplasty, Black patients with heart disease are more likely than whites to suffer a heart attack or die within the next several years. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of 10 clinical trials: On balance, both Black and Hispanic patients fared […]

July 6, 2020

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The Effects of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Indigenous Communities

Since the pandemic started, it has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 affects certain communities to a disproportionate degree. Race, biological sex, age, and socioeconomic status are some of the factors that can amplify the impact of the new coronavirus. At Medical News Today, we’ve started to examine the racialized impact of this global pandemic, and […]

July 6, 2020

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College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program Partners for Early Acceptance

HERSHEY, Pa. — Penn State College of Medicine is creating a new partnership with Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Hampton University in Virginia that provides their undergraduate students early acceptance into its physician assistant program. Students at the two universities can apply early ― during their junior year in undergraduate studies ― to the physician […]

July 6, 2020

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UK Faculty, Students Refurbish and Provide Medical Equipment in Rural Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 2, 2020) — Roughly one in seven Americans live with a disability that impacts daily mobility. The average cost of a wheelchair ranges from $500 to $2,000 without insurance, seriously curbing access to this essential equipment for patients who lack proper coverage. The University of Kentucky’s Center of Excellence in Rural Health […]

July 6, 2020

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New Data Tracking System Highlights Race Disparities Among COVID-19-Related Deaths

By early March, SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus, had touched off a pandemic. Those studying the virus stoked the claim that COVID-19, the respiratory infection the virus causes, is indiscriminate in whom it tackles and kills. Looking across racial and ethnic groups, and moving from Hollywood A-listers to seniors in nursing homes, to shelf stockers at […]

July 1, 2020

Almost One-Third of Black Americans Know Someone Who Died of Covid-19, Survey Shows

Nearly 1 in 3 black Americans know someone personally who has died of covid-19, far exceeding their white counterparts, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that underscores the coronavirus pandemic’s profoundly disparate impact. The nationwide survey finds that 31 percent of black adults say they know someone firsthand who has been killed by the virus, compared with 17 percent of adults […]

June 29, 2020

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Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly Four Times As Likely to End Up In Hospital

New federal data reinforces the stark racial disparities that have appeared with COVID-19: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Black Americans enrolled in Medicare were hospitalized with the disease at rates nearly four times higher than their white counterparts. Disparities were also striking among Hispanics and Asian Americans. Hispanics were more than […]

June 29, 2020

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Covid-19 Vaccine Research Must Involve Black and Latinx Participants. Here Are Four Ways to Make That Happen

The development of a Covid-19 vaccine is progressing at an incredible pace, breaking down barriers to the invention, manufacture, and testing of potential vaccine candidates. The Department of Health and Human Services says it aims to have “substantial quantities of a safe and effective vaccine available for Americans by January 2021.” To achieve this goal, each of […]

June 29, 2020

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Morehouse School of Medicine Gets $40 Million Grant to Fight COVID-19

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday it is providing a $40 million grant to Atlanta’s Morehouse School of Medicine to fight COVID-19 in racially-diverse, rural and socially vulnerable communities. The medical school will work with the HHS Office of Minority Health on a three-year project with community-based organizations across the nation […]

June 29, 2020

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What Black Scientists Want From Colleagues and Their Institutions

Black academics are calling out racism in science, recounting behaviours ranging from overt acts to micro-aggressions, using social-media hashtags such as #BlackInTheIvory. A study in April highlighted how students from under-represented groups innovate more than their white male counterparts do — but receive few to no career benefits from their discoveries because their contributions are often overlooked. […]

June 29, 2020

Georgia Southern Awarded $3.25 Million Grant to Increase Diversity in Health Professions

Keith Belcher, Ph.D., director of the Medical Laboratory Science program at Georgia Southern University, is the recipient of the 2020-25 U.S. Department of Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) grant valued at $3.25 million. The grant funds the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program, designed to increase diversity in the health professions and nursing workforce by […]

June 29, 2020

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Report: Fewer Blacks, Hispanics Enrolling in Medical Schools Amid Worsening Doctor Shortage

A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released on Friday, predicts an exacerbated doctor shortage in the U.S. over the next 15 years, at a time when Black and Latinx enrollment in medical schools is on the decline, USA Today reported. Authors of the report expect there to be a shortage of up to 139,000 […]

June 29, 2020

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Report: Fewer Blacks, Hispanics Enrolling in Medical Schools Amid Worsening Doctor Shortage

A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released on Friday, predicts an exacerbated doctor shortage in the U.S. over the next 15 years, at a time when Black and Latinx enrollment in medical schools is on the decline, USA Today reported. Authors of the report expect there to be a shortage […]

June 26, 2020

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Protests Prompt Re-Examination of Inequality in Medical Research

Scientists are grappling with historic inequities in medical research in light of racial justice protests gripping the U.S. Breaking through decades of mistrust from the Black community to ensure medical research adequately reflects the U.S. population means scientists need to think more about how they engage with minority groups. With more than $16.5 billion pegged […]

June 22, 2020

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DACA Upheld, Protecting 30,000 Health Care Workers From Deportation

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was arbitrary and capricious and therefore in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. As a result, thousands of “Dreamers” working in, or training to join, health care professions will now be allowed to stay in […]

June 22, 2020

Chief Diversity Officers of the SEC to Present a COVID-19 Webinar on Health Disparities, Inequities and Possible Solutions June 24

Chief diversity officers from across the Southeastern Conference will offer a webinar, “A Pandemic in Our Communities—Health Disparities, Health Inequities and Possible Solutions,” on Wednesday, June 24. The event, which will explore the intersection of race and the COVID-19 health crisis, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. CT (2–4 p.m. ET). The Vanderbilt-hosted […]

June 22, 2020

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