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Section: Health
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Opinion: UNR School of Medicine’s Dean on the Role a Medical School Plays in a Pandemic
The Washoe County Health District reported its first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 on March 5, 2020. What’s transpired since has presented extraordinary challenges to Northern Nevada, our state and all who live and work here. The University of Nevada Reno, School of Medicine (UNR Med) has a special, perhaps unique, role to play in […]
May 11, 2020
Other News
In Reversal, Arizona Announces ‘Ongoing Partnership’ With University Coronavirus Modeling Experts
The Arizona Department of Health Services said on Thursday that it will have an “ongoing partnership” with the university experts who were producing COVID-19 modeling before being told on Monday by the department to “pause” their work. The abrupt turn comes after pressure from Democratic lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, and local and national media attention. […]
May 11, 2020
Other News
University of Michigan Health System Lays Off 1,400 Health Care Workers
Michigan Medicine will lay off or furlough 1,400 health care workers to cope with $230 million in lost revenue during the COVID-19 crisis, the University of Michigan health system said Tuesday. The losses projected through the fiscal year that ends on June 30 are expected to continue into 2021, the health system said in a press […]
May 11, 2020
Disparities
Study Finds Fewer Minority Nurses Come From Michigan Nursing Programs
LANSING — Colleges and university nursing programs in Michigan produce fewer minority graduates than those in many other states, according to a study by the Women’s Institute for Science, Equity and Race. No Michigan programs made the top-50 lists for minority nursing graduates overall or for African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans and Native Americans. Programs […]
May 11, 2020
Other News
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
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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
Other News
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
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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
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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
COVID-19
Meharry Medical College’s Dr. James E.K. Hildreth Weighs In On COVID-19
Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, infectious disease expert and president of Meharry Medical College, the nation’s oldest and largest historically Black academic health science center, discusses COVID-19, from the nation’s response, to the need for a “new normal,” to HBCUs and, of course, the science behind the novel coronavirus.
April 30, 2020
COVID-19
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 same.
April 30, 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
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