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Section: Health
Disparities
Johns Hopkins University to Open New Center That Focuses on School Safety And Health
The Johns Hopkins University announced Monday that it will create a new interdisciplinary center for school safety and health, the first in the nation in higher education. The center, announced at a conference of Education Writers Association being held this week in Baltimore, will bring together more than two dozen faculty from disciplines as diverse as education […]
May 6, 2019
Disparities
UAB Awards $2.7 Million to Improve Health Rankings by 2030
An employee at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her team received millions of dollars in awards from the university last week for her campaign aimed at making Alabama a healthier state by 2030. Mona Fouad, director of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center, and her project “Healthy Alabama 2030: Live […]
May 6, 2019
Disparities
Brown University Launches Research on HIV in PH, Other Health Issues
A team of faculty and student scholars from the Brown University School of Public Health launched a new initiative to centralize research focused on improving health outcomes among Filipinos and Filipino Americans. The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service and Training will bring together the work of researchers from across the School of Public Health […]
May 6, 2019
Other News
University of Maryland Medical Center Seeks 5 Percent Rate Hike Amid Contracts Scandal
As the University of Maryland Medical System faces fallout from a scandal involving lucrative contracts awarded to its board members, including Catherine Pugh, who has since resigned from the board and as Baltimore’s mayor, the system’s flagship hospital has made a move to charge its patients more. The University of Maryland Medical Center asked state […]
May 6, 2019
Health
Don’t Sleep on Sleep
Sleep is one of those things in life that we all need yet most of us don’t get enough of. We are generally aware of the importance of sleep in the recovery of our bodies and minds and know we should be better about getting more sleep, but rarely do.
May 5, 2019
Disparities
College Updates Medical Leave of Absence Policy to Aid Students Who Struggle With Mental Health Issues
The college recently revised its policy for students who require a leave of absence. The revised policy allows students who encounter medical problems to take a leave with greater leeway. The Jed Foundation, a non-profit mental health group, evaluated the college’s mental health services and recommended that the college institute a change to the existing […]
April 29, 2019
Nursing
Medical College Gets Nod For School Land
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education received a recommendation by the Fort Chaffee Real Estate Review Committee on Thursday for about 70 acres of land that had been previously donated to Fort Smith Public Schools. In addition to offering a higher bid, ACHE President Kyle Parker also crafted a proposal for the land around continued […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
Hundreds of Students And Staff From Two L.A. Universities Remain Quarantined Amid Measles Scare
Hundreds of students, staff and faculty at two Los Angeles universities have been quarantined because they may have been exposed to measles, according to Los Angeles County health officials, the latest development in a resurgence of the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated in 2000. Officials at California State University at Los Angeles alerted […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
Clinic Run by Nurses Opens at Augusta University
Augusta University President Brooks Keel walked past the ribbon and up to College of Nursing Dean Lucy Marion. “You’ve been looking forward to this for a few days?” he said jokingly. “A few decades?” Try 15 years. But on Friday, Keel, Marion and others cut the ribbon on the school’s Nurse-Managed Health Center, a dream […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
A Rush For Nurses Strains Colleges And Hospitals as Health Care Booms in Pittsburgh
After 19 hours on a plane, Sandra Ajao fought off jet lag as she faced flashing neon lights, booming music and the crash of bowling pins on a recent weekday afternoon in Harmar. Inside a mostly vacant Zone 28 family fun center, dozens of people congregated around several lanes and a counter stacked with pizzas and […]
April 29, 2019
Nursing
Amber Hughes Named VSU College of Nursing And Health Sciences Top Graduate
Amber Mariah Hughes of Macon, Georgia, is the recipient of the Spring 2019 President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University. The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the graduating student with the highest grade point average in each of VSU’s six colleges — […]
April 29, 2019
Policies
State Senate Bill Revives Possibility For Abortion Medication at Public Universities
The Ashe Center may offer students medical abortions starting January 2023 if a California senate bill passes. Senate Bill 24 was introduced in December 2018 by Democratic State Sen. Connie Leyva, who represents District 20. It would require all University of California and California State University schools to provide students access to medical abortions at […]
April 29, 2019
Nursing
Tulane University, WHIV to Launch Inaugural Public Health Film Festival
The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, community radio station 102.3 FM WHIV-LP and the Southern Center for Health Equity will produce the inaugural Public Health Film Festival of New Orleans to showcase cinematic stories that emphasize disparities in both public health and basic individual rights. The film festival, which is free and open […]
April 19, 2019
Disparities
OHSU Study Offers Hope For People With Multiple Sclerosis
In multiple sclerosis, the immune system eats away at the sheath that protects the nerves, disrupting signals between the brain and the body and causing problems in walking and eyesight. No drugs have ever been developed to restore that protective layer, called myelin. But a study out Thursday from Oregon Health & Science University offers […]
April 19, 2019
Disparities
AU Offering Free Health Physicals to Students
The school year is quickly coming to an end but for some student-athletes, there’s no such thing as an offseason. News 12 found out how Augusta University Health is helping high school athletes get their physicals without breaking the bank. Read More
April 19, 2019
Other News
Geoffrey E. Eaton Appointed Director of Community Affairs & Diversity at TouroCOM, Touro College of Pharmacy
Geoffrey E. Eaton has been appointed director of community affairs and diversity at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) and Touro College of Pharmacy in Harlem. Eaton has worked at TouroCOM for several years, serving in roles such as the founding member of the TouroCOM Harlem Community Advisory Board, where he currently serves as its […]
April 19, 2019
Policies
Boston Medical Center Receives $89M Federal Grant For Opioid Study
Boston Medical Center has received an $89 million federal grant to participate in a nationwide research study addressing the opioid crisis, with an ambitious goal of curbing opioid deaths in a broad swath of Massachusetts by 40 percent in the next three years. The grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the […]
April 19, 2019
Disparities
Board of Regents Approves Another University of Iowa Health Care Rate Hike
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics annually for more than a decade has asked the Board of Regents to raise payer rates about 6 percent — and it did so again Thursday, receiving the standard board stamp of approval after repeating its refrain about health care headwinds and a need to grow. “Every year […]
April 19, 2019
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