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Black or ‘Other’? Doctors May Be Relying on Race to Make Decisions About Your Health

When she first learned about race correction, Naomi Nkinsi was one of five Black medical students in her class at the University of Washington. Nkinsi remembers the professor talking about an equation doctors use to measure kidney function. The professor said eGFR equations adjust for several variables, including the patient’s age, sex and race. When […]

April 26, 2021

California’s Public Universities to Require COVID-19 Vaccine

Two of the nation’s largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on University of California and California State University campuses this fall. Read More

April 26, 2021

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Study Shows Less Than 1% of COVID-Positive College Athletes Developed Heart Issues

A study released Saturday examining more than 3,000 college athletes who had COVID-19 found so few instances of heart-related issues that future cardiac testing might be used only for athletes with certain symptoms. Read More

April 19, 2021

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Despite Hoyawell Program, Students Struggle to Receive Consistent Mental Healthcare

Georgetown students are struggling to receive consistent and cost-effective mental health services during the pandemic. The university’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) along with new telehealth services have attempted to maintain campus resources, but are under criticism by students seeking more permanent and reliable healthcare. Read More

April 19, 2021

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Yale University to Require Students Be Vaccinated Before Fall Semester

Yale University announced Monday that all students returning for the 2021-2022 school year must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Read More

April 19, 2021

Can Colleges Require the COVID-19 Vaccine? Yes, And Some of Them Are

As the vaccine rollout continues throughout the United States and the world, students everywhere are looking to the back-to-school season as a shining light at the end of the COVID tunnel. After over a year of Zoom classes, staying inside, and contact tracing, it’s looking like the fall semester could provide some normalcy for students […]

April 19, 2021

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Jacksonville University Launches New Degree to Combat Physician Shortage

The pandemic is inspiring more people to go into medicine, but getting there isn’t so easy. That’s where a problem lies because researchers from the Association of American Medical Colleges expect a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians in the next 12 years. A new program at Jacksonville University aims to help. Read More

April 19, 2021

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Former Ohio State Student Health Director, Accused of Failing to Report Sex Abuse, Surrenders Medical License

A former Ohio State University student health director has surrendered his medical license after being accused of failing to report several complaints in the mid-1990s about sexual misconduct by Richard Strauss, the university doctor now accused of abusing young men for two decades. Read More

April 19, 2021

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Mental Ill-Health is a Bigger Threat to University Students Than COVID

Students should have been returning to their studies on campus over the next two weeks, but universities have now been told they cannot return to face-to-face teaching until 17 May (Report, 13 April). I am a widow with three children who worked extremely hard through very difficult circumstances to get to university. While studying for […]

April 19, 2021

Mental ill-health is a bigger threat to university students than Covid

For Colleges and Universities, Reopening Plans Must Meet Students’ Mental Health Needs

As more people across the nation become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, colleges and universities are evaluating the feasibility of bringing students safely back to campus. Of course, access to vaccines and healthcare, as well as protective measures like preventative testing and contact tracing are all top priorities, but administrators must also prepare to meet the mental health needs of their campuses most vulnerable students.

April 14, 2021

Hansen Named Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions

BROOKINGS – Dan Hansen has been chosen as the dean of South Dakota State University’s College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, SDSU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dennis Hedge announced Thursday. The announcement comes after a national search. Hansen was the college’s interim dean since June 2020 after Jane Mort announced she […]

April 12, 2021

There Are Potential Solutions to Address Wisconsin’s Expected Health Care Worker Shortage. None Are Foolproof

There are a number of proposed courses of action for the “Silver Tsunami,” the expected surge from an aging U.S. population that will likely strain the U.S. health care system in a way similar to the COVID-19 pandemic but over a longer period of time. The “Wisconsin 2020 Health Care Workforce Report” from the Wisconsin […]

April 12, 2021

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Glenville State College Investing in Health Sciences

Glenville State College is aiming to tackle the need for qualified health sciences professionals in the Mountain State with a number of ongoing and planned programs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in healthcare related occupations are projected to grow 15% from 2019 to 2029. That rate is much faster than the […]

April 12, 2021

‘Getting a Clearer Picture’: Black Americans on the Factors That Overcame Their Vaccine Hesitancy

Richard J. Sylvia Jr. did not get an annual flu shot, so he wondered, why take the coronavirus vaccination? He understood Covid-19 was far more contagious and deadly, but as someone who had worked at a data center in a health clinic, he also knew that clinical trials for vaccines always took longer than the […]

April 12, 2021

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UI Alum, Public Health Director Discusses Ways to Address Health Disparities

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — UI students in the College of Applied Health Sciences had an opportunity to hear a public health services director speak about health disparities in COVID-19 treatments. Dr. Travis Gayles is the Medical Director and Chief of Public Health Services for Montgomery County, Maryland. He spoke with UI students Wednesday […]

April 12, 2021

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Two Minnesota Colleges Will Not Require COVID Vaccinations This Fall, But It Could Change

By the end of the month, every state will open up COVID vaccinations to anyone 16 and older. With the vaccine age requirements widened, and close living corridors, some colleges are requiring a COVID-19 vaccination for students wanting to return to campus this fall. Duke University is the latest school to require proof of vaccination. The […]

April 12, 2021

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US Colleges Divided Over Requiring Student Vaccinations

U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should — or legally can — require it. Universities including Rutgers, Brown, Cornell and Northeastern recently told students they must get vaccinated before returning to campus next […]

April 12, 2021

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Mantra Health’s $2M Extension Will Help Expand its College Mental Health Offering Across the U.S.

Mantra Health, a startup providing virtual mental healthcare services to higher education, has closed a $2 million extension to the $3.2 million in seed funding it disclosed late last year, MobiHealthNews has learned. Read More

April 5, 2021

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